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Gerard of Abbeville (died 1272) was a theologian at the University of Paris, from 1257. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century He is known as an opponent of the mendicant orders[1], taking part in a concerted attack that temporarily affected their privileges[2]. The mendicant orders are religious orders which depend directly on the charity of the people for their livelihood

His Contra adversarium perfectionis christianae of c. 1269, in support of William of St Amour, argued that extreme emphasis on poverty contradicted the Aristotelian doctrine of the mean[3], and undermined the basis of pastoral work[4]. William of Saint-Amour was a minor figure in thirteenth-century Scholasticism, chiefly notable for his withering attacks on the Friars. It provoked replies from Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure[5]. Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (San Bonaventura (1221 &ndash July 15, 1274) born John of Fidanza (Giovanni di Fidanza was the eighth Minister From the Franciscan side, Bonaventure wrote Apologia pauperum, and John Peckham his Tractatus pauperis[6]. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic John Peckham or Pecham (circa 1230&ndash8 December 1292 was Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279&ndash1292 The Dominican Aquinas wrote his case on the "state of perfection" in De Perfectione Vitae Spiritualis contra Doctrinam Retrahentium a Religione (1270)[7]. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is

On trinitarian theology, however, Gerard was much closer to the emerging Franciscan view[8]. With Aquinas, he was one of the developers of the quodlibet genre of open philosophical discussion, flourishing for about a century from his time[9]. A quodlibet is a piece of Music combining several different melodies, usually popular tunes in Counterpoint and often a light-hearted humorous manner His polemics used a combination of quodlibets and sermons[10].

He was a major benefactor of the Sorbonne library, leaving it around 300 books and manuscripts[11]; his collection was based on that of Richard Fournival, outstanding in Europe of his time[12]. Richard de Fournival or Richart de Fornival (1201- ?1260 was a medieval philosopher and Trouvère perhaps best known for the Bestiaire d'amour

Notes

  1. ^ Lesley M. Smith and Benedicta Ward (editors), Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Margaret Gibson (1992), p. 208.
  2. ^ James Henderson Burns, The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c. 350-c. 1450 (1988), p. 635.
  3. ^ Virpi Mäkinen, Property Rights in the Late Medieval Discussion on Franciscan Poverty (2001),p. 41.
  4. ^ Gilleeds
  5. ^ David Knowles, The Religious Orders in England I (1979 edition), p. David Knowles ( Studley, Warwickshire 1896-1974 was an English Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey and historian 221.
  6. ^ History of the Franciscan Movement (2)
  7. ^ History of Medieval Philosophy 272
  8. ^ Russell L. Friedman, Trinitarian Texts from the Franciscan Trinitarian Tradition, ca. 1265-85, in Cahiers de L'Institut Du Moyen-Âge Grec Et Latin, Volume 73 (2006), p. 22.
  9. ^ André Vauchez, Richard Barrie Dobson, Michael Lapidge, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (2001 translation), p. 1207.
  10. ^ Simon Tugwell, Albert & Thomas: Selected Writings (1988), p. 229.
  11. ^ Cornelius O'Boyle, The Art of Medicine: Medical Teaching at the University of Paris, 1250-1400 (1998), p. 161.
  12. ^ Jeremiah Hackett, Roger Bacon and the Sciences: Commemorative Essays (1997), p. 16.

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