Robert Grosseteste

by James McEvoy

Overview

Robert Grosseteste (c 1168-1253) was the initiator of the English scientific tradition, one of the first chancellors of Oxford University, and a famous teacher and commentator on the newly discovered works of Aristotle. In this book, James McEvoy provides the first general, inclusive overview of the entire range of Grosseteste's massive intellectual achievement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195354171
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/21/2000
Series:	Great Medieval Thinkers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)
File size:	467 KB

Table of Contents

From Schools to University		3	(16)
A Life Poorly Known: The First Six Decades		19	(12)
The Council of Lyons and its Aftermath, through Grosseteste's Eyes		31	(20)
Relationship with the Mendicants		51	(11)
The Myth of the Proto-Reformer		62	(14)
Contribution to Philosophy		76	(20)
Exegetical Writings		96	(17)
Greek Scholarship		113	(9)
Personal Theological Stamp		122	(18)
Pastoral Writings		140	(6)
Anglo-Norman Works		146	(8)
The Earliest Franciscan Masters at Oxford		154	(6)
The Arrival of the Sentences		160	(12)
Conclusion		172	(5)
Appendix 1: A Sample of Grosseteste's Preaching---A Sermon of Robert Grosseteste on Galations 5:24		177	(4)
Appendix 2: On Christian Liberty---Extracts from Grosseteste's Commentary on Galatians, Chapters 4--6		181	(8)
Appendix 3: On Educative Love		189	(4)
Notes		193	(14)
Bibliography		207	(8)
Index		215

Editorial Reviews

"James McEvoy surely knows Robert Grosseteste better than anyone has since the thirteenth century. . . . Fully up to expectations, he has produced a splendid book, the best single piece on the great English scholastic to appear to date."—Catholic Historical Review

"This is an excellent introduction to the significant philosophical work of a somewhat neglected early Oxford master. Easily readable while scholarly significant, this book is a fine contribution to a fine series on medieval writers."—Speculum

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