Go beyond the typical philosophy course and explore the most fascinating minds of the Middle Ages, including great philosophers, prolific writers, and cultural movers.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Augustine of Hippo
- 02: Ambrose, Jerome, and Gregory the Great
- 03: Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy
- 04: Isidore of Seville and the Etymologies
- 05: The Venerable Bede
- 06: Alcuin, Charlemagne, and Alfred the Great
- 07: Avicenna and the Golden Age of Islam
- 08: Alhacen and the Scientific Method
- 09: Averroes and Aristotelian Philosophy
- 10: Maimonides and Jewish Law
- 11: Rashi and Biblical Interpretation
- 12: Saladin and the Defeat of the Crusaders
- 13: Hildegard of Bingen
- 14: Bernard of Clairvaux
- 15: Abelard and Heloise
- 16: Peter Lombard and the Sentences
- 17: Thomas Aquinas
- 18: William of Ockham and John Duns Scotus
- 19: Geoffrey Chaucer and Dante Alighieri
- 20: Francesco Petrarch
- 21: Lorenzo de' Medici
- 22: Christine de Pisan
- 23: Sir Thomas Malory and Le Morte Darthur
- 24: William Caxton and the Birth of Printing
Taught by
Dorsey Armstrong
