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HoP 298 - Renaissance Men - Ramon Llull and Petrarch
Episode 57
The Renaissance ideals of humanism and universal science flourish already in the medieval period, in the works of Petrarch and Ramon Llull.
7 years, 9 months ago
HoP 297 - The Prague Spring - Scholasticism Across Europe
Episode 56
New ideas and and new universities in Italy and greater Germany including Vienna and Prague, where Jan Hus carries on the radical ideas of Wyclif.
7 years, 10 months ago
HoP 296 - Morning Star of the Reformation - John Wyclif
Episode 55
John Wyclif refutes nominalism and inspires the Lollard movement, which anticipated Reformation thought with its critique of the church.
7 years, 10 months ago
HoP 295 - The Most Christian Doctor - Jean Gerson
Episode 54
Jean Gerson’s role in the political disputes of his day, the spread of lay devotion and affective mysticism, and the debate over the Romance of the R…
7 years, 11 months ago
HoP 294 - Isabel Davis on Sexuality and Marriage in Chaucer
Episode 53
Peter is joined by Isabel Davis to discuss marriage, sex and chastity in Chaucer, focusing on the Wife of Bath's speech.
7 years, 11 months ago
HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
Episode 52
Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, and Chauc…
8 years ago
HoP 292 - Say it With Poetry - Chaucer and Langland
Episode 51
Philosophical themes in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and “Troilus and Criseyde,” as well as Langland’s “Piers Plowman.”
8 years ago
HoP 291 - Alle Maner of Thyng Shall be Welle - English Mysticism
Episode 50
Julian of Norwich’s Shewings and the Cloud of Unknowing lay out challenging paths to knowledge of, and union with, God.
8 years ago
HoP 290 - Martin Pickavé on Emotions in Medieval Philosophy
Episode 49
Martin Pickavé returns to the podcast to talk about theories of the emotions in Aquinas, Scotus and Wodeham.
8 years, 1 month ago
HoP 289 - A Wing and a Prayer - Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Episode 48
Be surprised by how many philosophical problems arise in connection with angels (how many can dance on the head of a pin is not one of them).
8 years, 1 month ago