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Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Tradition (Yale Intellectual History of the West Se)
Marcia L. Colish
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Paperback. An analysis of the course of Western intellectual history between AD 400 and 1400. It surveys the comparative modes of thought and varying success of Byzantine, Latin-Christian and Muslim cultures, and then proceeds from the 12th-century revival of learning to the high Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 39. Weight in Grams: 656.
This magisterial book is an analysis of the course of Western intellectual history between A.D. 400 and 1400. The book is arranged in two parts: the first surveys the comparative modes of thought and varying success of Byzantine, Latin-Christian, and Muslim cultures, and the second takes the reader from the eleventh-century revival of learning to the high Middle Ages and beyond, the period in which the vibrancy of Western intellectual culture enabled it to stamp its imprint well beyond the frontiers of Christendom.
Marcia Colish argues that the foundations of the Western intellectual tradition were laid in the Middle ... Read more
This magisterial book is an analysis of the course of Western intellectual history between A.D. 400 and 1400. The book is arranged in two parts: the first surveys the comparative modes of thought and varying success of Byzantine, Latin-Christian, and Muslim cultures, and the second takes the reader from the eleventh-century revival of learning to the high Middle Ages and beyond, the period in which the vibrancy of Western intellectual culture enabled it to stamp its imprint well beyond the frontiers of Christendom.
Marcia Colish argues that the foundations of the Western intellectual tradition were laid in the Middle ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Yale Intellectual History of the West
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300078527
SKU
V9780300078527
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About Marcia L. Colish
Marcia L. Colish is Frederick B. Artz Professor of History at Oberlin College, Ohio.
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