An exploration of the way in which the world was categorized in the medieval period, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural. This book discusses the mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers and raises the question of how to deal with beliefs we may not share.
An exploration of the way in which the world was categorized in the medieval period, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural. This book discusses the mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers and raises the question of how to deal with beliefs we may not share.
Robert Bartlett is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews. His previous publications include The Making of Europe (1993), England under the Norman and Angevin Kings (2000) and The Hanged Man (2004).
Inhaltsangabe
1. The boundaries of the supernatural 2. 'The machine of this world': ideas of the physical universe 3. Dogs and dog-heads: the inhabitants of the world 4. 'The secrets of nature and art': Roger Bacon's Opus maius.
1. The boundaries of the supernatural 2. 'The machine of this world': ideas of the physical universe 3. Dogs and dog-heads: the inhabitants of the world 4. 'The secrets of nature and art': Roger Bacon's Opus maius.
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