International Robert Grosseteste Society

Robert Grosseteste and His Intellectual Milieu: New Editions and Studies

John Flood — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:51:23 +0000

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: James R. Ginther, ‘Introduction.’ Neil Lewis, ‘Libertas arbitrii in Robert Grosseteste’s De libero arbitrio.’ Mette Lebech and James McEvoy, ‘Robert Grosseteste’s Understanding of Human Dignity.’ Joseph W. Goering, ‘Robert Grosseteste’s Dicta: The State of the Question.’ James McEvoy, ‘Robert Grosseteste as Spiritual Guide.’ Michael Robson OFM Conv., ‘Robert Grosseteste’s Two Sermons to the Friars Minor in Commendation of Evangelical Poverty.’ Edgar Laird, ‘Robert Grosseteste, Ptolemy, and Christian Knowledge.’ R. James Long, ‘Adam’s Rib: A Test Case for Natural Philosophy in Grosseteste, Fishacre, Rufus, and Kilwardby.’ Cecilia Panti, ‘Robert Grosseteste and Adam of Exeter’s Physics of Light: The Transmission, Authenticity and Chronology of Grosseteste’s Scientific Opuscula.’ John Flood and James McEvoy, ‘Romanorum malleus et contemptor: Confessional Identity and the Early Modern Reputation of Robert Grosseteste.’

TEXTS: Cecilia Panti, ‘Robert Grosseteste’s De luce: A Critical Edition.’ Neil Lewis, ‘Robert Grosseteste On Light: An English Translation.’ Meridel Holland, ‘Robert Grosseteste’s Translation of John of Damascus’s The Dialogue of the Christian and the Saracen: An Edition and English Translation.’ Michael W. Dunne, ‘“The Ten Commandments of the Lord”: An Edition and English Translation of Robert Grosseteste’s Sermon 86.’

Thomson’s Catalogue of Grosseteste’s Works Reprinted

John Flood — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:02:25 +0000

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.

Conference, Cardiff: The Power of the Bishop in the 11th-13th Centuries

John Flood — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000

‘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 the duties it entailed, the conference will be focused in particular on these activities, such as a bishop’s pastoral responsibilities and his role in the liturgy, and their role in the formation and development of episcopal power. However, the effect on episcopal power of other aspects of a bishop’s role in local society will also be considered, such as his relationship with aristocratic families.’ Cardiff, May 2013.

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Durham Grosseteste Project

John Flood — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:44:16 +0000

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 science. The first volume from this project will be published shortly.

The Dimensions of Colour: Robert Grosseteste’s De colore: Edition, Translation and Interdisciplinary Analysis
By Greti Dinkova-Bruun, Giles E.M. Gasper, Michael Huxtable, Tom C.B. McLeish, Cecilia Panti and Hannah Smithson
Durham Medieval and Renaissance Texts 4. March 2013. Approx. 120 pp.
ISBN 978–0–88844–564–3 • Paper • $19.95. Publisher’s site.

Asteroid named after Grosseteste

John Flood — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:46:17 +0000

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 to become the scientific method: generalizing from observations to universal laws, and then using those laws to predict outcomes.’

The technical details can be found at: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2012/MPC_20120703.pdf

(Thanks to R. A. Rosenfeld of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada for this information.)

Conference on De luce

John Flood — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:38:38 +0000

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. M. Gasper (History, Durham). This was part of a project mentioned in an earlier post (below), The Ordered Universe c. 1100-c. 1400: Interdisciplinary Readings of Medieval Science. Poster

English translation of De cessatione legalium

John Flood — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:57:59 +0000

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 program at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Grosseteste in The New Scientist

John Flood — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:18:24 +0000

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 a research group at Durham (UK) called ‘Ordered Universe‘ that brings historians and physicists together to discuss the medieval contribution to science. As part of their project they are going to reexamine the manuscript transmission of Grosseteste’s scientific works.

Robert Grosseteste, his Thought and its Impact – new publication

John Flood — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:56:14 +0000

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 Vercellensis and Robertus Grossatesta Lincolniensis: How to make the Ps- Dionysius intelligible to the Latins,’ Catherine Kavanagh, ‘The translation methods of Robert Grosseteste and Johannes Scottus Eriugena: some points of comparison,’ Jean-Michel Counet, ‘Grosseteste’s commentary on the divine names: a cosmological relevance?’ Robert M. Ball, ‘Robert Grosseteste on the Psalms,’ Cecilia Panti, ‘The evolution of the idea of corporeity in Robert Grosseteste’s writings,’ Pietro B. Rossi, ‘Grosseteste’s influence on fourteenth and fifteenth century British commentators on Posterior Analytics: a preliminary survey,’ R. James Long, ‘Between idolatry and Science: The magical arts in the Grosseteste School,’ Anne Hudson, ‘Wyclif and the Grosseteste legacy at Oxford Greyfriars,’ Edgar Laird, ‘Grosseteste, Wyclif, and Chaucer on Universals,’ Neil Lewis, ‘Robert Grosseteste and Richard Rufus of Cornwall on unequal infinites,’ Matthias Hessenauer, ‘For a larger audience: Grosseteste’s Perambulavit Iudas in Anglo-Norman,’ Mark W. Elliott, ‘Robert Grosseteste, the Jews and De Cessatione Legalium,’ James McEvoy, ‘The Mystical Theology commentary of Robert Grosseteste as a source for the Die siben strassen zu got of Rudulph of Biberach, OFM’.

Conference – Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste

John Flood — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:20:32 +0000

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