Diplomacy and the Carolingian Encounter with Byzantium down to the Accession of Charles the Bald

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How was it possible that an Irishman should discover in Frankland a talent for studying Byzantine thinkers like Ps.-Dionysius, Maximus Confessor, and Gregory of Nyssa?

The Three Recensions of Eriugena’s Versio Dionysii

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However, as G. Théry later discovered, Traube’s point of departure—the citations of Dionysius in Hincmar’s treatise on predestination—was faulty. Since Traube published his notes on the manuscripts of the Versio, Théry has proven that the citations in Hincmar’s Liber de praedestinatione come from Hilduin’s translation rather than that of Eriugena.

Idealism in Medieval Philosophy: The Case of Johannes Scottus Eriugena

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Idealism in Medieval Philosophy: The Case of Johannes Scottus Eriugena Moran, Dermot (University College Dublin) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999) Abstract In this article I wish to re-examine the vexed issue of the possibility of idealism in ancient and medieval philosophy with particular reference to the case of Johannes Scottus Eriugena (c. 800–c. 877), […]

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