Medievalists.net » Robert Grosseteste http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Medieval Multiverse http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/26/medieval-multiverse/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/26/medieval-multiverse/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48571 Ideas in a thirteenth-century treatise on the nature of matter still resonate today, say Tom C. B. McLeish and colleagues.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/26/medieval-multiverse/feed/ 0 The Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 14:52:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41331 This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the history of science in late medieval England and examined why the fourteenth century, a time that is usually synonymous with doom and gloom, plague and uprising, wasn't all that bad upon closer observation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/28/the-calamitous-fourteenth-century-in-england-all-doom-and-gloom/feed/ 0 Teaching the Creed and Articles of Faith in England: Lateran IV to Ignorantia sacerdotum http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/teaching-the-creed-and-articles-of-faith-in-england-lateran-iv-to-ignorantia-sacerdotum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/teaching-the-creed-and-articles-of-faith-in-england-lateran-iv-to-ignorantia-sacerdotum/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:24:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40445 The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/teaching-the-creed-and-articles-of-faith-in-england-lateran-iv-to-ignorantia-sacerdotum/feed/ 0 Astronomy and Compotus at Oxford University in the Early Thirteenth Century: The Works of Robert Grosseteste http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/29/astronomy-and-compotus-at-oxford-university-in-the-early-thirteenth-century-the-works-of-robert-grosseteste/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/29/astronomy-and-compotus-at-oxford-university-in-the-early-thirteenth-century-the-works-of-robert-grosseteste/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:34:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24652 Astronomy and Compotus at Oxford University in the Early Thirteenth Century: The Works of Robert Grosseteste Dowd, Matthew F. PhD Philosophy Thesis, University of Notre Dame, June (2003) Abstract This dissertation examines two works of Robert Grosseteste (c. 1169-1253), his astronomical textbook, the De spera, and his computistical work, the Compotus correctorius. Through the use […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/29/astronomy-and-compotus-at-oxford-university-in-the-early-thirteenth-century-the-works-of-robert-grosseteste/feed/ 0 “Neoplatonic Influence in the Writings of Robert Grosseteste” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/neoplatonic-influence-in-the-writings-of-robert-grosseteste/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/neoplatonic-influence-in-the-writings-of-robert-grosseteste/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:21:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24325 “Neoplatonic Influence in the Writings of Robert Grosseteste” Hendrix, John Shannon (Roger Williams University) School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Papers (2008) Abstract Robert Grosseteste was appointed the first chancellor of Oxford University in 1221. He lectured in theology there from 1225 to 1230, and became the first reader to the Greyfriars or Franciscans in […]

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