Thinking about Animals in Thirteenth-Century Paris - Theologians on the Boundary Between Humans and Animals

Explores how similarities and differences between humans and animals were understood by medieval theologians, and their significance.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. William of Auvergne; 2. The Summa Halensis and Bonaventure; 3. Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas; Conclusion.

About the author

Ian P. Wei is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Bristol where he co-founded the Centre for Medieval Studies. He has been a Member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2009–10) and his previous publications include Intellectual Culture in Medieval Paris: Theologians and the University, c.1100–1330 (2012).

Product details

• Authors: Ian P. Wei, Ian P. (University of Bristol) Wei, Wei Ian P.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2024
• EAN: 9781108821728
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82172-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299, Medieval Western philosophy