Dante’s Visions: Crossing Sights on Natural Philosophy, Theory of Vision, and Medicine in the Divine Comedy and Beyond o......more

Saint Bonaventure’s Journey of the Soul into God is one of the most important works in the Christian mystical tradition.......more

This work offers a "symposium" on the nature of human sexual difference drawing on Plato’s masterpiece: having explored ......more

Book Four of the Summa Contra Gentiles examines what God has revealed through scripture, specifically the Trinity, the I......more

Book Three, Part 1 of the Summa Contra Gentiles series is the first part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, the......more

Book Three, Part 2 of the Summa Contra Gentiles series is the second part of a treatise on the hierarchy of creation, th......more

Paradoxes, such as the Liar (’What I am saying is false’), fascinated medieval thinkers. What I said can’t be true, for ......more

The worldly culture of northern Europe in the two centuries between the end of the Carolingian Empire and the "renaissan......more

The worldly culture of northern Europe in the two centuries between the end of the Carolingian Empire and the "renaissan......more

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This volume focuses on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found within ......more

The Order of the Knights Templar was formed after the First Crusade by Christian knights dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre......more

In medieval and early modern natural philosophy, very few issues were as controversial as the nature of the elements. Fr......more

This work aims to study the power relations between the Burgundy dynasty and Portuguese medieval society between 1096 an......more

The book investigates the representations of women’s bodies produced by medical discourse in the 13th century by analysi......more

Critical edition of James of Viterbo’s final questions De divinis praedicamentis and his De potentia et actu volendi Jam......more

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"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts." ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Experience the timeless wisdom......more

Never-before-published writing from a key twentieth-century philosopher. In 1962, Reiner Schürmann began studying at the......more

Taking a comparative perspective, this volume illuminates the core spirit of Western philosophy and theoretical quandary......more

The Theology of Fear in Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae excavates and explores the expansive theology of fear that Tho......more

This book offers a selection of 13 case studies on how the notion of grounding helps illuminate philosophical discussion......more

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The Middle Ages (500-1500) is a fascinating and ambiguous period in world history. This era was characterized by strong ......more

Aristotle’s discussion of what came to be considered Natural Law drew varied responses from medieval translators and com......more

Aristotle’s discussion of what came to be considered Natural Law drew varied responses from medieval translators and com......more

How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our ow......more

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This book considers different forms of voluntarism developed from the 13th to 18th centuries. By crossing the convention......more

This book offers a new reading of Aquinas’s views on faith. The author argues that the theological nature of faith is cr......more

A thoroughgoing examination of Maximus Confessor’s singular theological vision through the prism of Christ’s cosmic and ......more

This book is based on the postmedieval journal special issue Critical Confessions Now. These chapters on confessions exh......more

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first......more

The aim of this work is to demonstrate the great contribution made by Dante Alighieri to a universalist theory of intern......more

Discover the Timeless Wonders of the ’Gesta Romanorum’ Step into a world where history, myth, and morality blend seamles......more

This book is based on the postmedieval journal special issue Contact zones: Fur, minerals, milk, and other things. It of......more

Cognitive approaches to early medieval texts have tended to focus on the mind in isolation. By examining the interplay b......more

This work provides an in-depth analysis of the transition from the Templar Order to the Order of Christ between the 14th......more

Gestures of Grace is a celebration of the life and career of Robert Sweetman, H. Evan Runner Chair in the History of Phi......more

Gestures of Grace is a celebration of the life and career of Robert Sweetman, H. Evan Runner Chair in the History of Phi......more

In his book, Kazimierz Gryżenia presents the changes which occurred in the understanding of analogy in modern scholastic......more

This two-volume work examines far-reaching debates on the concept of courage from Greek antiquity to the Christian and m......more

This innovative volume investigates the meaning of ’something’ in different recent philosophical traditions in order to ......more

Ulysses, Dante, and Other Stories presents a unique form of creative scholarship. It employs Dante’s late medieval take ......more

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This book critically explores the development of radical criminological thought through the social, political and cultur......more

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Two of the most notable figures from the Middle Ages-the volatile, brilliant Abelard and the equally brilliant Heloise-b......more

Engaging Eriugena, Eckhart and Cusanus contains two new essays and nine others published between 2005 and 2019. The essa......more

This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth......more

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Written by the famous Persian philosopher Avicenna, A Compendium on the Soul is a classic of medieval Islamic philosophy......more

This translation of Boethius’ ’The Consolation of Philosophy’ is based on the version done by King Alfred the Great in t......more

This classic philosophical work by Boethius explores the nature of free will, predestination, and the nature of happines......more

The Doctrine of Creation in Giles of Rome is a groundbreaking study of the medieval philosopher and theologian’s ideas a......more

John the Scot (Erigena) was a pioneering philosopher and theologian in the Carolingian era, whose works combined classic......more

Etienne Gilson’s classic study of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas provides an accessible introduction to one of the......more

This collection of philosophical works by St. Anselm includes the Prosloguim, Monologium, and An Appendix in Behalf of t......more

This classic work of medieval philosophy offers a profound exploration of the concept of being. Drawing on the ideas of ......more

This scholarly work examines the legal thought of two prominent medieval philosophers, John of Salisbury and Thomas Aqui......more

The Game of the Chesse is a medieval treatise that uses the metaphor of chess to teach moral and ethical principles. It ......more

An illuminating exploration of the thought of St. Albert the Great, a medieval philosopher and theologian whose work was......more

This book provides a detailed study of the Art de Contemplacio, the influential work by the medieval philosopher Ramon L......more

Uncover the hidden depths of the medieval philosopher Francis of Meyronnes and his groundbreaking theory of quiddity and......more

Written by the medieval philosopher and theologian Querela Pacis, this impassioned plea for peace in a time of war remai......more

Get a comprehensive introduction to scholastic philosophy with this informative book. In this first part of the series, ......more

This volume presents an annotated translation of William of Ockham’s treatise on the divine ideas, a key concept in medi......more

A scholarly work on the philosophy of Peter of Auvergne, a thirteenth-century French philosopher and theologian. The boo......more

Marcellus Frederick Griesbach’s ’The Relationship Between Temporal and Spiritual Powers in John of Paris and James of Vi......more

This book is a treatise on the arcane principles and practices followed by philosophers in the Middle Ages. The authors ......more

This book is a collection of writings by the English philosopher and Franciscan friar Roger Bacon. It includes a fragmen......more

Ce livre offre une vue d’ensemble de la philosophie médiévale, de ses origines à sa fin. L’auteur offre une analyse comp......more

This comprehensive textbook offers students an in-depth introduction to the principles of Aristotelian-Scholastic philos......more

Ce livre est un essai sur la philosophie de Duns Scot. Il explore les concepts clés de la philosophie de Scot, tels que ......more