THE SCHOOL OF PETER ABELARD by D. E. Luscombe ( 9780521088824 )

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THE SCHOOL OF PETER ABELARD
THE INFLUENCE OF ABELARD'S THOUGHT IN THE EARLY SCHOLASTIC PERIOD

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D. E. Luscombe

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 October, 2008

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Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: New Series 14

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376

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Dr Luscombe considers the influence of Abelard's principal teachings among his contemporaries and successors.

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Peter Abelard conducted many analyses of Scriptural and Patristic teachings, and achieved an extensive rapprochement between Christian and pagan thought. His public career was ended in 1140 by an ecclesiastical condemnation, but this touched upon the central issues facing the early leaders of the medieval scholastic movement and Abelard's own teachings continued to be controversial. Dr Luscombe considers the influence of Abelard's principal teachings among his contemporaries and successors. his aim is to explain the conflicting estimates of Abelard which were current in the twelfth century and later, and to provide a full account of the writings and varied fortunes of Abelard's disciples. He also examines the manuscript tradition of Abelard's work and that of his followers. The condemnation of 1140 repudiated Abelard's leading doctrines. This led some of Abelard's disciples to partly retreat from the position of their master, whereas some chose to adapt and extend his teachings.

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