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Author Young, Spencer E., author.

Title Scholarly community at the early University of Paris : theologians, education and society, 1215-1248 / Spencer E. Young.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 94
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th. ser., 94.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: lecturers, debaters, preachers; Chapter 1 Constructing a faculty of theology; The emergence of a faculty of theology; The growing pains of institutionalization; The path to maturity; Institutional developments; Curriculum; Curriculum: influence of Aristotle; Curriculum: the books of the Sentences; Curriculum: the quodlibetal question; Reputation for authority; Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Parens scientiarum generation; Constructing a model; Hubs of power; University commitment.
Variety of genre participationAristotelianism; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The great debater: the influence of William of Auxerre; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France MS lat. 14726and William of Auxerre; Auctoritas; Auctor; Influence; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Laundering money and souls: theologians and almsgiving at the early university; Prelude: almsgiving in Christian thought from the patristics to Peter Lombard; Almsgiving among the biblical-moral school; Parisian theologians and almsgiving: 1215-50; Poor relief: the mechanics of almsgiving; The spiritual dimensions of almsgiving.
Almsgiving and academic contextConclusion; Chapter 5 From the desert to the university: Parisian theologians and the seven deadly sins; The patristic inheritance; The filie vitiorum; Aristotle, theology and the capital vices in the early thirteenth century; The capital vices as social commentary; Conclusion; Conclusion; Appendix Parisian masters of theology, 1215-48: a biographical register; c.1215; c.1220-9; Possible masters 1220-9; 1229-31; 1231-45; 1248; Bibliography; Index.
Summary This book explores the individuals and ideas involved in one of the most transformative periods in high education's history.
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Subject Université de Paris. Faculté de théologie -- History.
Université de Paris. Faculté de théologie.
History.
Université de Paris.
Catholic learning and scholarship -- History.
Catholic learning and scholarship.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Young, Spencer E. Scholarly community at the early University of Paris 9781107031043 (DLC) 2013049912 (OCoLC)870143168
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