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Boethius’s Misguided Theodicy: The Consolation of Philosophy

Medievalists.net — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:52:45 +0000

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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Valentine’s Day Medieval Love: Books for that special someone

Medievalists.net — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:11:25 +0000

Love is in the air! Here are a few medieval books on the topic of love for your Valentine.

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Theoderic the Great vs. Boethius: Tensions in Italy in the Late 5th and Early 6th Centuries

Medievalists.net — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:48:19 +0000

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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Alfred the Great’s Burnt Boethius

Medievalists.net — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:57:10 +0000

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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