Keagan Brewer

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and asks why the believers believed, and why the skeptics disbelieved. This work argues that the epistemological nature of medieval knowledge encouraged belief, a society organised around orality sought evidence and authority in people with status and theological explanations. However there were still a great many who disbelieved, and in particular scholastic philosophers from the twelfth-century whose work should be seen as the ideological development underpinning early modern scientific advances.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317430346
• Artikelnr.: 44758411

Autorenporträt

Keagan Brewer is based at the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Sydney. His previous publications include Prester John: the Legend and its Sources (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Understanding Belief and Doubt in the Middle Ages Chapter 2 - What is Wonder? Contemporary and Medieval Views Chapter 3 - Wonder
Fear
Orality
and Community Chapter 4 - Wonder
Entertainment
and Fascination: Travel
Architecture
Objects Chapter 5 - The Marvels of Faith: Wonder and Christian Belief Chapter 6 - Towards a Medieval Epistemology: Evidentiary Frameworks Underpinning Belief in Marvels Chapter 7 - Sensory Experience
Experimentation
and Global Skepticism Chapter 8 - Three Stories
and Some Macro-Level Questions Bibliography Index