Church, Society and University

Name: Church, Society and University
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Church, Society and UniversityThe Paris Condemnation of 1241/4\nAuthor(s): Deborah Grice\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032090658, 978-1032090658\nSynopsis\nIn 1241/4 the theology masters at the university at Paris with their chancellor, Odo of Chateauroux, mandated by their bishop, William of Auvergne, met to condemn ten propositions against theological truth. This book represents the first comprehensive examination of what hitherto has been a largely ignored instrument in a crucial period of the universitys early maturation. However, the books ambition goes wider than this. The condemnation provides a window through which to view the wider doctrinal, intellectual, institutional and historical developments within the emerging university. These include the advent of the Dominicans and Franciscans at the university; and the developing focus of Paris theologians on using their learning for preaching at a time of.