The Medieval Mind : A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Henry Osborn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Medieval.

Middle Ages.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Local Subjects:

Civilization, Medieval.

Middle Ages.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1510 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.

Summary:

Lasting from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries AD, the medieval period was a crucial time of transformation and growth, setting the stage for the flowering of knowledge and culture that would come to pass during the era of the Renaissance. In this comprehensive volume, which includes both of the original books that make up this series, author Henry Osborn Taylor takes a look at the subtle and significant changes in human subjectivity that occurred during the medieval period.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; BOOK I - THE GROUNDWORK; Chapter I - Genesis of the Mediaeval Genius; Chapter II - The Latinizing of the West; Chapter III - Greek Philosophy as the Antecedent of the Patristic Apprehension of Fact; Chapter IV - Intellectual Interests of the Latin Fathers; Chapter V - Latin Transmitters of Antique and Patristic Thought; Chapter VI - The Barbaric Destruction of the Empire; Chapter VII - The Celtic Strain in Gaul and Ireland; Chapter VIII - Teuton Qualities: Anglo-Saxon, German, Norse

Chapter IX - The Bringing of Christianity and Antique Knowledge to the Northern PeoplesBOOK II - THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES; Chapter X - Carolingian Period: The First Stage in the Appropriation of the Patristic and Antique; Chapter XI - Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: Italy; Chapter XII - Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: France; Chapter XIII - Mental Aspects of the Eleventh Century: Germany; England; Conclusion; Chapter XIV - The Growth of Mediaeval Emotion; BOOK III - THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL: THE SAINTS; Chapter XV - The Reforms of Monasticism; Chapter XVI - The Hermit Temper

Chapter XVII - The Quality of Love in Saint BernardChapter XVIII - St. Francis of Assisi; Chapter XIX - Mystic Visions of Ascetic Women; Chapter XX - The Spotted Actuality; Chapter XXI - The World of Salimbene; BOOK IV - THE IDEAL AND THE ACTUAL: SOCIETY; Chapter XXII - Feudalism and Knighthood; Chapter XXIII - Romantic Chivalry and Courtly Love; Chapter XXIV - Parzival, the Brave Man Slowly Wise; Chapter XXV - The Heart of Heloïse; Chapter XXVI - German Considerations: Walther Von Der Vogelweide; BOOK V - SYMBOLISM; Chapter XXVII - Scriptural Allegories in the Early Middle Ages

Honorius of AutunChapter XXVIII - The Rationale of the Visible World: Hugo of St. Victor; Chapter XXIX - Cathedral and Mass; Hymn and Imaginative Poem; BOOK VI - LATINITY AND LAW; Chapter XXX - The Spell of the Classics; Chapter XXXI - Evolution of Mediaeval Latin Prose; Chapter XXXII - Evolution of Mediaeval Latin Verse; Chapter XXXIII - Mediaeval Appropriation of the Roman Law; BOOK VII - ULTIMATE INTELLECTUAL INTERESTS OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES; Chapter XXXIV - Scholasticism: Spirit, Scope, and Method; Chapter XXXV - Classification of Topics; Stages of Evolution

Chapter XXXVI - Twelfth-Century ScholasticismChapter XXXVII - The Universities, Aristotle, and the Mendicants; Chapter XXXVIII - Bonaventura; Chapter XXXIX - Albertus Magnus; Chapter XL - Thomas Aquinas; Chapter XLI - Roger Bacon; Chapter XLII - Duns Scotus and Occam; Chapter XLIII - The Mediaeval Synthesis: Dante; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781776535378

1776535375