Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe: Foundations (Scholastic Humanism & the Unification of Europe)

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Summary: Goes on my shelf of favorite books
Review: For those interested in the history of Western thought, this is a readable, scholarly treatment of the beginnings of the "12th century renaissance". It gives one a three-dimensional sense of the important intellectual developments of the period, focusing on the roles of the universities, the masters and the students of the time. Southern takes the mystery out of the institutions and conditions which fostered Scholasticism and provides an understanding of how the flowering of intellectual life could and did take place. You will want to read the next volume in the series as soon as you finish this one.

Rating:
Summary: Goes on my shelf of favorite books
Review: For those interested in the history of Western thought, this is a readable, scholarly treatment of the beginnings of the "12th century renaissance". It gives one a three-dimensional sense of the important intellectual developments of the period, focusing on the roles of the universities, the masters and the students of the time. Southern takes the mystery out of the institutions and conditions which fostered Scholasticism and provides an understanding of how the flowering of intellectual life could and did take place. You will want to read the next volume in the series as soon as you finish this one.