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Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages: The Thirteenth Century
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This is the first of two volumes on theological quodlibeta, records of special disputations held before Christmas and Easter ca. 1230-1330, mostly at the University of Paris, in which audience memb...
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01 August 2006

This is the first of two volumes on theological quodlibeta, records of special disputations held before Christmas and Easter ca. 1230-1330, mostly at the University of Paris, in which audience members asked the great masters of theology the questions for debate, questions de quolibet, "about anything." The variety of the material and the authors’ stature make the genre uniquely fascinating.
In Volume I, chapters by acknowledged experts introduce the genre, cover the quodlibeta of Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, Giles of Rome, Godfrey of Fontaines, and 13th-century Franciscans, and demonstrate how the masters used quodlibeta to construct and express their authority on issues from politics and economics to two-headed monsters.
For all those interested in medieval studies, especially intellectual history.
In Volume I, chapters by acknowledged experts introduce the genre, cover the quodlibeta of Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, Giles of Rome, Godfrey of Fontaines, and 13th-century Franciscans, and demonstrate how the masters used quodlibeta to construct and express their authority on issues from politics and economics to two-headed monsters.
For all those interested in medieval studies, especially intellectual history.
Price: $223.00
Pages: 564
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition
Publication Date:
01 August 2006
ISBN: 9789004123335
Format: Hardcover
"...In editing two enormous volumes containing more than twenty-five well-documented contributions on the subject of theological quodlibeta in the Middle Ages, Christopher Schabel has published a wealth of information on a literary genre that, next to the commentaries on the Bible and on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, constitutes a classic of medieval academic literature... Reading the two volumes is not only highly informative and thought-provoking, but also very enjoyable. The editor, the contributors, and the publisher -- the Koninklijke Brill NV at Leiden -- did an extremely good job of creating a beautiful edition... [W]ithout exception, in each and every contribution, they provide up-to-date, first-class scholarship..." - Maarten J.F.M. Hoenen, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, in: Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales 76.2 (2009), pp. 420-426
"...Le recueil d¹études édité par Christopher SCHABEL sera dorénavant le point de départ de toute recherche concernant « la littérature quodlibétique ». ... Cette entreprise scientifique rendra un service inestimable aux études de théologie médiévale dans les années futures." - I. Costa, Leonine Commission, in: Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques 94.1 (2009), pp. 145-148.
“instruktive, sich fast durchweg auf hohem wissenschaftlichen Niveau bewegende Überblick über die theologischen Quodlibeta des 13. Jahrhunderts”, Ralf Lützelschwab, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 20.02.2008
"...[T]he two volumes edited by Chris Schabel constitute a colossal contribution... and they are destined to become an indispensable tool for future research... The two copious volumes on theological quodlibets are the outstanding result of teamwork and of careful work by the editor... The book sets the standard for analogous works on different literary genres that are still major desiderata..." - T. Hoffmann, in: Vivarium 47.1 (2009), pp. 128-135
"...La molteplicità degli autori e dei contesti esaminati e la pubblicazione, nelle appendiciai contributi, di molte questioni finora inedite, fanno di questo volume non solo un prezioso tentativo di ricostruire la storia della teologia occidentale tra il 1250 e il 1350 ma, soprattutto, uno strumento indispensabile per la futura edizione di tutti i Quodlibeta ancora inediti..." - A. Arezzo, in: Quaestio 6 (2006), pp. 549-556, and 7 (2007), pp. 561-567
"Die umfänglichen Bände sind gerade in ihrer bunten Fülle jeder geistesgeschichtlich interessierten historischen Seminarbibliothek zu empfehlen". - Jürgen Miethke, in: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 65.1, pp. 252-254
"Der von Christopher Schabel herausgegebene Sammelband über theologische Quodlibeta stellt ein ausgezeichnetes Werk der sich an der historischen Forschung orientierenden Mediävistik dar. Dem Herausgeber ist es gelungen, eine Gruppe von im jeweiligen Gebiet höchstqualifizierten sowie bestens informierten Forschern für sein Projekt zu gewinnen, die eine der charakteristischsten literarischen Gattungen des Mittelalters – wohl die auffälligste – ausführlich und auf höchstem wissenschaftlichem Niveau bearbeiten." - Andrés Quero-Sánchez, München, in: Archa Verbi, Vol. 7 (2010), pp. 191-195
"...Le recueil d¹études édité par Christopher SCHABEL sera dorénavant le point de départ de toute recherche concernant « la littérature quodlibétique ». ... Cette entreprise scientifique rendra un service inestimable aux études de théologie médiévale dans les années futures." - I. Costa, Leonine Commission, in: Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Théologiques 94.1 (2009), pp. 145-148.
“instruktive, sich fast durchweg auf hohem wissenschaftlichen Niveau bewegende Überblick über die theologischen Quodlibeta des 13. Jahrhunderts”, Ralf Lützelschwab, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 20.02.2008
"...[T]he two volumes edited by Chris Schabel constitute a colossal contribution... and they are destined to become an indispensable tool for future research... The two copious volumes on theological quodlibets are the outstanding result of teamwork and of careful work by the editor... The book sets the standard for analogous works on different literary genres that are still major desiderata..." - T. Hoffmann, in: Vivarium 47.1 (2009), pp. 128-135
"...La molteplicità degli autori e dei contesti esaminati e la pubblicazione, nelle appendiciai contributi, di molte questioni finora inedite, fanno di questo volume non solo un prezioso tentativo di ricostruire la storia della teologia occidentale tra il 1250 e il 1350 ma, soprattutto, uno strumento indispensabile per la futura edizione di tutti i Quodlibeta ancora inediti..." - A. Arezzo, in: Quaestio 6 (2006), pp. 549-556, and 7 (2007), pp. 561-567
"Die umfänglichen Bände sind gerade in ihrer bunten Fülle jeder geistesgeschichtlich interessierten historischen Seminarbibliothek zu empfehlen". - Jürgen Miethke, in: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 65.1, pp. 252-254
"Der von Christopher Schabel herausgegebene Sammelband über theologische Quodlibeta stellt ein ausgezeichnetes Werk der sich an der historischen Forschung orientierenden Mediävistik dar. Dem Herausgeber ist es gelungen, eine Gruppe von im jeweiligen Gebiet höchstqualifizierten sowie bestens informierten Forschern für sein Projekt zu gewinnen, die eine der charakteristischsten literarischen Gattungen des Mittelalters – wohl die auffälligste – ausführlich und auf höchstem wissenschaftlichem Niveau bearbeiten." - Andrés Quero-Sánchez, München, in: Archa Verbi, Vol. 7 (2010), pp. 191-195
Chris Schabel, Ph.D. (1994), Iowa, teaches at the University of Cyprus. Specializing in intellectual history and the Latin East, he recently published Theology at Paris 1316-1345 (2000), The Synodicum Nicosiense (2001), and, with A. Nicolaou-Konnari, Cyprus – Society and Culture 1191-1374 (Brill, 2005).