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Overview
The second edition of this authoritative survey provides an up-to-date introduction to the major themes of medieval thought in the Latin West to the late thirteenth century. This new edition incorporates, besides revisions of detail, an extensive Supplementary Bibliography of recent work, and a new concluding chapter which critically surveys the most important implications of the latest research. Extensively annotated, the book affords a clear overview of the current state of scholarship in a perennially vigorous field.Editorials
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Haren (history, U. College, Dublin) traces the evolution of thought through the European Middle Ages, seeing it as a combination of the classical heritage, a new religious orientation, and new social structures. He outlines how Platonism, Aristotelianism and the Arabic philosophical tradition were received and adapted in the western schools and universities. Includes a supplementary bibliography and commentary on scholarship since the 1985 first edition. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Acid paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 1, 1993
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, c1985.
Pages
280
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312528164