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Richard Southern and the Twelfth-Century Intellectual World: Essay Review of R. W. Southern, Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Vol. 1: Foundations, Vol. II: The Heroic Age
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Thomson, RM, Richard Southern and the Twelfth-Century Intellectual World: Essay Review of R. W. Southern, Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe, Vol. 1: Foundations, Vol. II: The Heroic Age, Journal of Religious History, 26, (3) pp. 264-73. ISSN 0022-4227 (2002) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1111/1467-9809.t01-1-00156
Abstract
Richard Southern's most recent book proposes an interpretation of the intellectual life of twelfth-century Europe that deserves both close attention and critical scrutiny. Particular issues questioned in this review are the dominant centrality of the "scholastic enterprise," Southern's idiosyncratic definition of "humanism," and his prolongation of the twelfth-century renaissance through most of the thirteenth. It is argued that Southern's interpretation has led to the undervaluation of regions of western Europe such as Germany, and of non-scholastic communities such as Benedictine monasticism.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical studies |
| Research Field: | European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
| UTAS Author: | Thomson, RM (Professor Rodney Thomson) |
| ID Code: | 24386 |
| Year Published: | 2002 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
| Deposited By: | History and Classics |
| Deposited On: | 2002-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2003-06-20 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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