Medievalists.net » Augustine http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 MEDIEVAL BOOKS: Black Friday! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 02:11:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62774 Here are a few recent releases for medievalists hunting for Black Friday books and early Christmas gifts!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/medieval-books-black-friday/feed/ 0 The End of the Ancient Other World: Death and Afterlife between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:54:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62106 Peter Brown gives lectures on 'Gloriosus Obitus: Death and Afterlife 400-700 AD' and 'The Decline of the Empire of God: From Amnesty to Purgatory'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/29/the-end-of-the-ancient-other-world-death-and-afterlife-between-late-antiquity-and-the-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Defenders of the Faith: Augustine, Aquinas, and the Evolution of Medieval Just War Theory http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/19/defenders-of-the-faith-augustine-aquinas-and-the-evolution-of-medieval-just-war-theory/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/19/defenders-of-the-faith-augustine-aquinas-and-the-evolution-of-medieval-just-war-theory/#comments Tue, 19 May 2015 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58287 Christianity has always had a difficult relationship with the concept of war. After all, it is impossible to follow Christ’s command to 'love one’s neighbor' on the battlefield.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/19/defenders-of-the-faith-augustine-aquinas-and-the-evolution-of-medieval-just-war-theory/feed/ 0 Intersex in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:25:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55353 A brief look at how the medieval world viewed the Intersex individual.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/17/apostolic-vocation-formation-religious-life-dominican-sisters-thirteenth-century/feed/ 0 Bede’s Temple as History http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:13:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53699 Another IHR paper, this time, a talk given about Bede’s writing and his interest in the image of the Temple and its relation to Christianity. This paper also examined how Bede’s views shifted over time. How did Bede view Judaism? Was he truly ambivalent?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/28/bedes-temple-history/feed/ 0 Two Rabbinic Views of Christianity in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50444 In the sessions of our section over the past decade, I introduced a significant distinction between two rabbinic attitudes in the Mediterranean countries during the Middle Ages of 12th and 13th centuries as to their view of Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/two-rabbinic-views-christianity-middle-ages/feed/ 0 ‘Protecting the non-combatant’: Chivalry, Codes and the Just War Theory http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/23/protecting-non-combatant-chivalry-codes-just-war-theory/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/23/protecting-non-combatant-chivalry-codes-just-war-theory/#comments Fri, 23 May 2014 09:48:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49815 The concept of chivalry, a traditional code of conduct idealised by the knightly class relating to times of both peace and war, dominated the medieval period and many of the scholars who contributed to the principle of jus in bello were in fact writing about chivalry.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/23/protecting-non-combatant-chivalry-codes-just-war-theory/feed/ 0 Avignon vs. Rome: Dante, Petrarch, Catherine of Siena http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/avignon-vs-rome-dante-petrarch-catherine-siena/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/avignon-vs-rome-dante-petrarch-catherine-siena/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:22:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48242 In the fourteenth century the image of ancient Rome as Babylon was transformed into the positive idea of Rome as both a Christian and a classical ideal.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/12/avignon-vs-rome-dante-petrarch-catherine-siena/feed/ 0 Hobbes, Augustine, and the Christian nature of man in Leviathan http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/hobbes-augustine-and-the-christian-nature-of-man-in-leviathan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/hobbes-augustine-and-the-christian-nature-of-man-in-leviathan/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:19:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47579 Scholars of Thomas Hobbes can be loosely divided into two camps: those who believe Hobbes retained strong medieval elements in his philosophy and those who argued that Hobbes’ philosophy marks a clear break from both Ancient philosophy and Christianity.

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