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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
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.
History
Publication title
Journal of Religious HistoryVolume
26Pagination
264-73ISSN
0022-4227Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
Blackwell PublishingPlace of publication
Oxford, UKRepository Status
- Restricted