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Robert Grosseteste and His Intellectual Milieu: New Editions and Studies
Robert Grosseteste and His Intellectual Milieu: New Editions and Studies Edited by John Flood, James R. Ginther, and Joseph W. Goering Papers in Mediaeval Studies 24. April 2013. Approx. 400 pp. ISBN 978–0–88844–824–8 • Cloth • $90.00 Publisher’s website ESSAYS: … Continue reading
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Thomson’s Catalogue of Grosseteste’s Works Reprinted
S. Harrison Thomson’s The Writings of Robert Grosseteste Bishop of Lincoln, 1235–1253. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940) has been reprinted and costs £20.00.
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Conference, Cardiff: The Power of the Bishop in the 11th-13th Centuries
‘The aim of this conference is to gain a clearer understanding of the construction, enhancement and expression of episcopal power at a local level in Western Europe. Since a bishop’s local power was intimately connected to the episcopal office and … Continue reading
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Durham Grosseteste Project
See http://durhamgrossetesteproject.wordpress.com/ The aim of the project is to re-edit, translate the scientific treatises, and present them from the perspective of their own intellectual history, and to analyse them functionally, using where appropriate the insights and conceptual tools of modern … Continue reading
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Asteroid named after Grosseteste
The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid (discovered in September 2011) after Grosseteste. The explanation for the choice of name runs: ‘Robert Grosseteste (1175–1253) was an English statesman, natural philosopher and theologian. His commentaries on Aristotle underlaid what was … Continue reading
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Conference on De luce
A conference on Grosseteste’s De luce took place at the University of Durham on 9-10th of July. Speakers included Neil Lewis (Philosophy, Georgetown), Cecilia Panti (Philosophy, Rome, Tor Vergata), Tom McLeish (Physics, Durham), Hannah Smithson (Psychology, Oxford) and Giles E. … Continue reading
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English translation of De cessatione legalium
Robert Grosseteste. On the Cessation of the Laws. Trans. Stephen M. Hilderbrand. The Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2012. Stephen M. Hildebrand is associate professor of theology and director of the graduate theology … Continue reading
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Grosseteste in The New Scientist
In a March number of The New Scientist there’s a short article entitled, ‘The Grosseteste code: Did a 13th-century English bishop understand what makes our world such a gaudy place?’ (New Scientist, 3/10/2012, Vol. 213, Issue 2855). It deals with … Continue reading
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Robert Grosseteste, his Thought and its Impact – new publication
This collection of essays, edited by Jack Cunningham, will shortly be available from the press of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (PIMS) and can be pre-ordered from Amazon etc. The volume contains the following essays: James McEvoy, ‘Thomas Gallus … Continue reading
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Conference – Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste
For the details of Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste a conference that will be hosted by the University of Lincoln on 21/22 January 2012 see http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/campuslife/whatson/eventsconferences/event%20name,9190,en.html
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Recent members and their interests
Sara Harris (Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK). The Chateau d’Amour; Grosseteste’s pastoral works. Michele Trizio (University of Bari) is preparing a critical edition of Grosseteste’s translations of the commentaries on books 5 (one anonymous and the other by Michael of Ephesus) … Continue reading
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Kalamazoo 2012
There will be a reception and book launch by Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations in conjunction with the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo. This will include a tribute to the late Prof. James McEvoy, the author of … Continue reading
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Robert Grosseteste at Munich
Robert Grosseteste at Munich: The Abbreviatio by Frater Andreas, O.F.M., of the Commentaries by Robert Grosseteste on the Pseudo-Dionysius. Ed. James McEvoy and prepared by Philipp W. Roseman. Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations 14 (Leuven: Peeters, 2012). Robert Grosseteste at … Continue reading
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Thomson Catalogue Project
Jim Ginther is beginning a major project to correct and update Thomson’s catalogue of Grosseteste’s writings. It will make the manuscript listings and associated bibliography freely available on the internet. Anyone with additions or correction to Thomson should contact Jim … Continue reading
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De luce – Italian Translation
An Italian and Latin edition and translation of De luce has just been published by Pisa University Press. The edition has been prepared by Cecilia Panti and has a preface by Pietro Rossi. Details can be found at http://www.edizioniplus.it/Inglese/AspFiles/libro.asp?codlibro=732
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John Flood
