Knowledge, discipline, and power in the Middle Ages : essays in honour of David Luscombe

This collection of essays is based on a conference in honour of David Luscombe held at the University of Sheffield in September 2006 under the title \'Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages.\' The 14 contributions to this Festschrift, by leading scholars in the field, show the strength and variety of recent work on the intellectual history of the middle ages. A group of papers deals with changes in the intellectual landscape during this period. Other papers focus particularly on the theme of jurisdiction, while a third groups deals with knowledge and its uses. The papers fittingly reflect the breadth and inventiveness of David Luscombe's scholarship, and in particular his work on Peter Abelard. Contributors are Christopher Brooke, Charles Burnett, Joseph Canning, Giles Constable, William J. Courtenay, Martin Kintzinger, Robert E. Lerner, Brian Patrick McGuire, John Marenbon, Gert Melville, Constant J. Mews, Jurgen Miethke, Amanda Power, Andreas Speer, and Martial Staub David Luscombe : an appreciation / Christopher Brooke Pertransibunt plurimi : reading Daniel to transgress authority / Robert E. Lerner How can we know who holds legitimate power? : Dante on the right and the wrong uses of knowledge / Joseph Canning Knowledge of the origins : constructing identity and ordering monastic life in the Middle Ages / Gert Melville Seeking remedies for great danger : contemporary appraisals of Roger Bacon's Expertise / Amanda Power The arrival of the pagan philosophers in the North : a twelfth-century florilegium in Edinburgh University library / Charles Burnett Questioning the music of the spheres in thirteenth-century Paris : Johannes de Grocheio and Jerome de Moravia OP / Constant J. Mews Papal policy on judging the orthodoxy of university masters : a research problem / William J. Courtenay Jean Gerson and the renewal of scholastic discourse, 1400-1415 / Brian Patrick McGuire Controversy and compromise in religious communities in the eleventh and twelfth centuries / Giles Constable Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita in der politischen Ekklesiologie der Augustinerschule des 14. Jahrhunderts / Jurgen Miethke The power of wisdom : four case studies of a late thirteenth century debate / Andreas Speer Liberty and limit : controlling and challenging knowledge in late medieval Europe / Martin Kintzinger Peter Abelard's theory of virtues and its context / John Marenbon The discipline of the republic and the knowledge of the citizens : what we may learn from late medieval endowment practice / Martial Staub A bibliography of the published writings of David Luscombe. Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Preface 12 List of Abbreviations 18 David Luscombe: An Appreciation 20 Pertransibunt plurimi: Reading Daniel to Transgress Authority 26 How Can We Know Who Holds Legitimate Power? Dante on the Right and the Wrong Uses of Knowledge 48 Knowledge of the Origins: Constructing Identity and Ordering Monastic Life in the Middle Ages 60 Seeking Remedies for Great Danger: Contemporary Appraisals of Roger Bacon’s Expertise 82 The Arrival of the Pagan Philosophers in the North: A Twelfth-Century Florilegium in Edinburgh University Library 98 Questioning the Music of the Spheres in Thirteenth-Century Paris: Johannes de Grocheio and Jerome de Moravia OP 114 Papal Policy on Judging the Orthodoxy of University Masters, a Research Problem 138 Jean Gerson and the Renewal of Scholastic Discourse 1400–1415 148 Controversy and Compromise in Religious Communities in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries 164 Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita in der politischen Ekklesiologie der Augustinerschule des 14. Jahrhunderts 176 The Power of Wisdom: Four Case Studies of a Late Thirteenth-Century Debate 194 Liberty and Limit: Controlling and Challenging Knowledge in Late Medieval Europe 220 Peter Abelard’s Theory of Virtues and its Context 250 The Discipline of the Republic and the Knowledge of the Citizens: What we may Learn from Late Medieval Endowment Practice 262 A Bibliography of the Published Writings of David Luscombe 274 Index of Manuscripts 292 General Index 294 The 14 contributions to this volume show the strength and variety of recent work on the intellectual history of the middle ages