{"product_id":"scholastic-humanism-and-the-unification-of-europe-volume-i-isbn-9780631191117","title":"Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Volume I","description":"to produce a definitive body of knowledge that would be as perfect as humanity's fallen state permits, and which would provide a view of God, nature, and human conduct, promoting order in this world and blessedness in the next.  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eList of Maps and Plates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Short Titles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Preliminary Maps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE – AIMS, METHODS, AND ENVIRONMENT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Scholastic Humanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Contrasting types of humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Characteristic features of scholastic humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII The problem of the natural sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Summits of success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV The regulation of social life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI The loss of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Chartrian Humanism: A Romantic Misconception.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Humanism and the School of Chartres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Replies to critics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Sovereign Textbook of the Schools: The Bible.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI The qualities of the Bible in scholastic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Methods of investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Bringing the message of the schools to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Social and Political Roots of Scholastic Thought.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Pre-scholastic and scholastic Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII The new symbiosis of schools and government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII The schools, society and the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV The schools and the papacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Men and their Rewards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Scholars of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Ancients and Moderns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII The new age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV The glory and gossip of the schools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Scholastic Metropolis of Northern Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Old institutions: new needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Stages in the triumph of Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Appendix – A schedule of Parisian masters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO – TURNING DOCTRINE INTO LAW.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Outlook in Northern Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Truth and truth-enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Law and society in northern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII Summits of northern European legal scholarship, c. 1050–1120.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Federalism v. centralization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Outlook in Northern Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Cultural potentialities and limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII Irnerius and the menace of Roman law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Integration of Doctrine and Law: Gratian.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Demand and response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII The man and his work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII The originality of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV Method of work and date of compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV Gratian’s change of mind about Roman law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI The personality behind the work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII Did Gratian teach canon law?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII The first masterpiece of scholastic humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX Time and Place reviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Here the 'practical, intellectual and spiritual aspects' of twelfth-century history are discussed by a historian whose knowledge of the period and mastery of the art of writing are almost without equal.\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The combination of synthesis with fresh and vivid work on detail is one of Southern's particular gifts ...The proportions of the book will fit harmoniously into the overarching structure outlined at the start of the book, but this volume can also stand just as well on its own - already a classic.\" \u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The recovery of scholasticism therefore calls for two qualities: technical expertise, and lucidity of thought and expression. No historian combines these qualities more conspicuously than R.W. Southern.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is more than a synthesis of a life's work on twelfth-century Western culture by Britain's greatest medievalist - it is the most important book in recent decades on the twelfth-century renaissance and its significance. This is a book to be treasured and reflected upon for years to come.\" \u003ci\u003eNorman F. Cantor, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"That such a sweeping vision is expressed so lucidly, while simultaneously conveying the human details and experience of the period with a combination of sensitivity and scholarly rigour, justifies the description by its first reviewers: 'masterpiece.'\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eR. W. SOUTHERN\u003c\/b\u003e was a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol, Exeter, and St John’s Colleges, Oxford, and of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. His publications include: \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eMedieval Humanism\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), and \u003ci\u003eSt. Anselm, A Portrait in a Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (1900).  ‘This is the most important book in recent decades on the twelfth-century renaissance and its significance.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eNorman F. Cantor,\u003c\/b\u003e New York Univeristy  \u003cp\u003e‘The book is a model of how to combine forceful argument with elegant presentation, and is going to be an important vehicle for conveying an understanding of medieval thought and the Christian enterprise.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eTheology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Because it is so clear and accessible, it is just what teachers of medieval culture (whether in Europe or America) have been looking for. But Richard Southern is intending much more here than a superb student text. [This] is a book for everyone interested in the origins of modern western culture and the history of knowledge.’\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichael Clanchy,\u003c\/b\u003e University College, London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the twelfth century a group of scholars began an enterprise of unprecedented scope. Their intention was to produce a definitive body of knowledge that would be as perfect as humanity’s fallen state permits, and which would provide a view of God, nature, and human conduct, promoting order in this world and blessedness in the next. \u003ci\u003eScholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders this enterprise, and its long-term effects on European History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe whole work will be in three volumes. This first is concerned with the beginnings, in the years between 1060 and 1160, when the main lines of scholastic thought were laid down and its agenda established. The book explores the social, intellectual, and political conditions behind the establishment of the new system in the great schools of learning in France and Italy, and the rewards that attracted experts who could both administer the system and make it known and acceptable to the generality of people whose lives were affected by it. \u003ci\u003eScholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e will be a work of seminal importance for the understanding of the civilization of the Middle Ages, and of the evolution of modern European societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989991637221,"sku":"NP9780631191117","price":86.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631191117.jpg?v=1761786134","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/scholastic-humanism-and-the-unification-of-europe-volume-i-isbn-9780631191117","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}