A Middle English Treatise on Hermeneutics: Harley Ms. 2276, 32V-35V

PMLA ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-600
Author(s):  
R. H. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Middle English ◽  
Western World ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
University Of Paris ◽  
Allegorical Interpretation ◽  
The University ◽  
Holy Writ ◽  
The Middle Ages

The fourfold interpretation of Holy Writ or of other authoritative texts, through the technique of exegesis commonly known as allegorical interpretation, was a well known cultural phenomenon throughout the Middle Ages.3 The practice of allegorical interpretation itself was well developed in the Western world by the time of Plato,4 and the fourfold method may be regarded as a further refinement of this technique. It constituted a tradition of remarkable vitality: as late as the early fifteenth century we find Erasmus inveighing against its abuses in The Praise of Folly with as much emphasis as Dante had defended it in his famed letter to Can Grande in an earlier century. It was taught at the University of Paris during the Middle Ages5.

The Practice of Charity at the University of Paris during the Middle Ages: Ave Maria College

Traditio ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 335-339
Author(s):  
A. L. Gabriel
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
National Archives ◽  
University Of Paris ◽  
The University ◽  
The Middle Ages

Life within the Colleges of the University of Paris was a charming one, full of interesting details concerning teaching and education in medieval Paris. A manuscript buried amongst the documents of the National Archives is revealing for those who believe that the lectures on Boethius and the explanation of Donatus constituted the entire programme of the student. The present article is only a sketch intended to call attention to some of the practical methods used to implement the Christian teachings on charity.

PENGARUH PERADABAN ISLAM TERHADAP DUNIA BARAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-377
Author(s):  
Muh. Huzain
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Western World ◽  
Contact Period ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
The West ◽  
The University ◽  
First Contact ◽  
The Middle Ages

The emergence of Islam influenced the revolution and made a wave of culture toward a new world when experiencing an era of darkness. The progress of Greek civilization in the West could not be continued by the Roman empire and Roman domination in the classical era until the middle ages; which was then the rise of the West in the era of renaissance in the 14-16th century. This paper will reveal the influence of Islam on the development of the Western world, since the emergence of contact between Islam with the West in the Classical era until the middle ages. There are different opinions among historians about who and when the first contact between Islam and the West took place. The first contact, however, occurred when the areas of East Roman government (Byzantium), Syria (638) and Egypt (640) fell into the hands of the Islamic government during the reign of Caliph 'Umar bin Khaţţāb. The Second contact, at the beginning of the eighth and ninth centuries occurred when the kings of Islam were able to rule Spain (711-1472), Portugal (716-1147), and important Mediterranean islands such as Sardinia (740-1050), Cicilia (827-1091), Malta (870-1090) as well as several small areas in Southern Italy and French Southern France. The third contact, took place in Eastern Europe from the fourteenth to early twentieth century when the Ottoman empire ruled the Balkan peninsula (Eastern Europe) and Southern Russia. The Ottoman empire's powers in Europe covered Yunāni, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, parts of Rhode, Cyprus, Austria and parts of Russia. Of the three periods of contact, the greatest influence was in the second contact period, where the decline of Western science in the dark era, while in the Islamic world developed advanced and produces scientists, thinkers and intellectuals in various sciences. This influence can be seen from the sending of students studying to the university of Islamic area, the establishment of the university, the translation and copying of various scientific literature such as natural science (Science of astronomy, Mathematics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, medicine, architecture etc) and Social Science history, philosophy, politics, economics, earth sciences, sociology, law, culture, language, literature, art, etc.). The Historians recognize that the influence of Islamic civilization is very great on the development of the West, which culminated in the renaissance or rise of Western civilization in Europe after the dark era.

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