Medievalists.net » Theology 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 Science and Religion in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/science-and-religion-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/science-and-religion-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:21:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36933 Why did science and natural philosophy suffer such disparate fates in the two great civilizations of Christendom and Islam?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/05/science-and-religion-in-the-middle-ages/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 The Western Calendar – ‘Intolerabilis, Horribilis, et Derisbilis’ – Four Centuries of Discontent http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/the-western-calendar-intolerabilis-horribilis-et-derisbilis-four-centuries-of-discontent/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/the-western-calendar-intolerabilis-horribilis-et-derisbilis-four-centuries-of-discontent/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2015 03:19:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61551 We, with our cut and dried view of time-keeping, we who gather together to celebrate events four hundred tropical years after they have occurred, are all to easily incline to overlook the real reason for all the fuss in the Middle Ages about calendar reform.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/04/the-western-calendar-intolerabilis-horribilis-et-derisbilis-four-centuries-of-discontent/feed/ 0 Neither Cursed Nor Possessed: Mental Abnormality in the Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/24/neither-cursed-nor-possessed-mental-abnormality-in-the-late-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/24/neither-cursed-nor-possessed-mental-abnormality-in-the-late-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:39:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61317 I plan to address the more formal ecclesiastical proscriptions regarding mental abnormality.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/24/neither-cursed-nor-possessed-mental-abnormality-in-the-late-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Embracing Death, Celebrating Life: Reflections on the Concept of Martyrdom in the Order of the Knights Templar http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-a-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-a-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:35:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59684 Although research on the concept of martyrdom during the era of the Crusades has gained considerable prominence, it has rarely been applied to the Knights Templar. This is surprising, as the Templars were the first military order and paved the way for a new monastic development; they were devoted to warfare only; and they, together with the other military orders, but unlike most Crusaders, established a permanent presence in the hostile environment of the Holy Land, consequently facing the threat of death both regularly and frequently.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/15/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-a-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/feed/ 0 Could Christ Have Been Born a Woman? A Medieval Debate http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/could-christ-have-been-born-a-woman-a-medieval-debate/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/could-christ-have-been-born-a-woman-a-medieval-debate/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:26:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59475 There appears to have been continuing interest in questions about the sex of God, for in the 1150s Peter Lombard raised the issue in a new form, asking in book three of the Sentences whether God could have assumed humanity in the female sex.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/07/could-christ-have-been-born-a-woman-a-medieval-debate/feed/ 0 ‘Such a great multitude’: Biblical numerology as a literary device in Nauigatio Sancti Brendani http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/05/such-a-great-multitude-biblical-numerology-as-a-literary-device-in-nauigatio-sancti-brendani/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/05/such-a-great-multitude-biblical-numerology-as-a-literary-device-in-nauigatio-sancti-brendani/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:14:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58728 This presentation will begin by briefly summarizing the text, presenting evidence for its intended audience and purpose, defining Biblical numerology and outlining its role in Jewish and Christian textual traditions up to the early medieval period. Then the presentation will provide a handful of examples in the use of Biblical numerology in Nauigatio.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/05/such-a-great-multitude-biblical-numerology-as-a-literary-device-in-nauigatio-sancti-brendani/feed/ 0 The Host in the late Middle Ages: superstitions, faith, miracles and magic http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/23/the-host-in-the-late-middle-ages-superstitions-faith-miracles-and-magic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/23/the-host-in-the-late-middle-ages-superstitions-faith-miracles-and-magic/#comments Sat, 23 May 2015 16:32:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58391 The problem of taking and metabolizing Christ had been a major concern in Medieval times.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/23/the-host-in-the-late-middle-ages-superstitions-faith-miracles-and-magic/feed/ 0 God is Great, God is Good: Medieval Conceptions of Divine Goodness and the Problem of Hell http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/26/god-great-god-good-medieval-conceptions-divine-goodness-problem-hell/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/26/god-great-god-good-medieval-conceptions-divine-goodness-problem-hell/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2014 01:01:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55019 The medieval notions of goodness and hell seem to make God more a sadistic torturer than a caring parent.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/26/god-great-god-good-medieval-conceptions-divine-goodness-problem-hell/feed/ 0 Angels on Christmas trees and medieval ideas of hierarchy http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/19/angels-christmas-trees-medieval-ideas-hierarchy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/19/angels-christmas-trees-medieval-ideas-hierarchy/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:11:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54880 In the fifth century, the medieval theologian Pseudo-Dionysius wrote the definitive work on angelic hierarchies, during which he asserted that there were nine orders of hierarchy, ranging from the most humble messenger angels to the most elevated archangels.

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