John Marenbon was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he is now a fellow. He is the author of numerous books on medieval philosophy, including From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre (Cambridge 1991) and The Philosophy of Peter Abelard (Cambridge 1997).

• Introduction, John Marenbon; Chapter 1 Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages, John Marenbon; Chapter 2 From the beginnings to Avicenna, Jean Jolivet; Chapter 3 Averroes, Alfred Ivry; Chapter 4 Jewish philosophy, Colette Sirat; Chapter 5 Philosophy and its background in the early medieval West, Rosamond McKitterick, John Marenbon; Chapter 6 John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury, Stephen Gersh; Chapter 7 The twelfth century, John Marenbon; Chapter 8 The intellectual context of later medieval philosophy: universities, Aristotle, arts, theology, Stephen Brown; Chapter 9 Metaphysics and science in the thirteenth century: William of Auvergne, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon, Steven Marrone; Chapter 10 Bonaventure, the German Dominicans and the new translations, John Marenbon; Chapter 11 Thomas Aquinas, Brian Davies OP; Chapter 12 The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito, Sten Ebbesen; Chapter 13 Henry of Ghent and Duns Scotus, Stephen Dumont; Chapter 14 Ockham's world and future, Arthur Gibson; Chapter 15 Walter Burley, Peter Aureoli and Gregory of Rimini, Stephen Brown; Chapter 16 Paris and Oxford between Aureoli and Rimini, Chris Schabel; Chapter 17 Late medieval logic, Paul Vincent Spade; Chapter 18 Late medieval philosophy, 1350–1500, Zénon Kaluza; Chapter 19 Suárez (and later scholasticism), Jorge Gracia Glossary; Index Index Index;

'The wide range of specialists invited to collaboration and the spectrum of approaches they represent guarantee that this volume is representative of present-day medieval philosophy. The picture of the Middle Ages that emerges is illuminating.' - Tijdschrift voor Filosofie