Medievalists.net » Boethius http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 12th-century copy of Consolation of Philosophy was written in Scotland, scholar finds http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/#comments Thu, 07 May 2015 12:19:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58115 A twelfth-century copy of the ‘Consolation of Philosophy’ by Boethius, has been revealed to have been been written in Scotland, making it the oldest surviving non-biblical manuscript from that country.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/07/12th-century-copy-of-consolation-of-philosophy-was-written-in-scotland-scholar-finds/feed/ 0 The Sophistication of The Consolation http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/25/sophistication-consolation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/25/sophistication-consolation/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:26:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52818 'In spite of the variety and difference of opinion, still all men agree in loving and pursuing the goal of good.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/25/sophistication-consolation/feed/ 0 Guilt and Creativity in the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/guilt-creativity-works-geoffrey-chaucer/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/guilt-creativity-works-geoffrey-chaucer/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:50:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52301 I argue that as Chaucer develops his own expansive, questioning poetics in The House of Fame and The Canterbury Tales, he problematises the principle of allegory on which the legitimacy of literary discourse was primarily based in medieval culture and the final fragments of The Canterbury Tales see Chaucer struggling, increasingly, to reconcile the boldness and independence of his poetic vision with the demands of his faith.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/02/guilt-creativity-works-geoffrey-chaucer/feed/ 0 Boethius’s Misguided Theodicy: The Consolation of Philosophy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/boethiuss-misguided-theodicy-consolation-philosophy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/boethiuss-misguided-theodicy-consolation-philosophy/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:52:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49275 Anicius Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy (c. 524) is a bold attempt to reconcile the gravity of the author’s imprisonment and impending death with a world governed by a just God.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/boethiuss-misguided-theodicy-consolation-philosophy/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day Medieval Love: Books for that special someone http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:11:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47246 Love is in the air! Here are a few medieval books on the topic of love for your Valentine.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/feed/ 0 Theoderic the Great vs. Boethius: Tensions in Italy in the Late 5th and Early 6th Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:48:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46110 In 524AD the Roman senator Boethius was executed for committing treason against Theoderic the Great, the ruling gothic king in Italy. Boethius was never given a trial, and the charge of treason may have been an exaggeration of what actually happened.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/28/theoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuriestheoderic-the-great-vs-boethius-tensions-in-italy-in-the-late-5th-and-early-6th-centuries/feed/ 0 Connecting Theory and Practice: A Review of the Work of Five Early Contributors to the Ethics of Management http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:07:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43096 Boethius, Gregory the Great, Alfred the Great, Stephen Langton and Thomas More

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/01/war-and-peace-in-the-works-of-chaucer-and-his-contemporaries/feed/ 0 A study in early medieval mereology: Boethius, Abelard, and pseudo-Joscelin http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/10/a-study-in-early-medieval-mereology-boethius-abelard-and-pseudo-joscelin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/10/a-study-in-early-medieval-mereology-boethius-abelard-and-pseudo-joscelin/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30967 The twelfth-century philosopher Peter Abelard makes the bold claim that no thing
can ever gain or lose a part. This has the remarkable consequence that should, for example, the broom that is in my closet lose a hair, that very broom would no longer exist. This remarkable consequence has prompted many commentators, both medieval and contemporary, to suggest that Abelard has made a serious mistake

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/10/a-study-in-early-medieval-mereology-boethius-abelard-and-pseudo-joscelin/feed/ 0 Alfred the Great’s Burnt Boethius http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/25/alfred-the-greats-burnt-boethius/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/25/alfred-the-greats-burnt-boethius/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:57:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30489 One can trace the reason for these curious editorial developments to two factors: (1) the inaccessibility of the tenth-century manuscript, which everyone thought was destroyed in the 1731 fire, until its burnt remains were recovered at the British Museum in the 1830s; and (2) an overpowering edition-in-progress of the twelfth-century manuscript by the great seventeenth-century scholar Francis Junius, with extensive collations from the missing tenth-century manuscript.

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