Reason and Belief in the Age of Roscelin and Abelard

Constant J. Mews, Monash University, Australia

• Contents: Introduction; Orality, literacy and authority in the 12th-century schools; Philosophy and theology 1100-1150: the search for harmony; An excerpt from Guibert of Nogent’s Monodiae (III, 17) as an appendage to the De haeresibus of Augustine; In search of a name and its significance: a 12th-century anecdote about Thierry and Peter Abaelard; La bibliothèque du Paraclet du XIIIe siècle à la Révolution; St Anselm and Roscelin: some new texts and their implications, I. The De incarnatione verbi and the Disputatio inter Christianum et Gentilem; Nominalism and theology before Abaelard: new light on Roscelin of Compiègne; St Anselm, Roscelin and the See of Beauvais; The Trinitarian doctrine of Roscelin of Compiègne and its influence: 12th-century nominalism and theology re-considered; St Anselm and Roscelin of Compiègne: some new texts and their implications, II. A vocalist essay on the Trinity and intellectual debate, c.1080-1120; Index.

'... the whole collection provides nuanced glimpses into various aspects of twelfth-century thought, careful analyses of a range of theological texts, and, cumulatively, a significant reappraisal of early nominalism... a useful resource...' Parergon