Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

by John Marenbon

Book Overview

For many of us, the term 'medieval philosophy' conjures up the figure of Thomas Aquinas, and is closely intertwined with religion. In this Very Short Introduction John Marenbon shows how medieval philosophy had a far broader reach than the thirteenth and fourteenth-century universities of Christian Europe, and is instead one of the most exciting and diversified periods in the history of thought.

Introducing the coexisting strands of Christian,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019966322X
• ISBN13: 9780199663224
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"