Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages

In the thousand years from the end of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance and Reformation of the sixteenth century the discussion of the great questions of philosophy and religion was intense. Does God exist? What is he like? What is the purpose of human life and how does God show concern for the future of mankind? This is an introduction to the debates which did more than anything else to transform the ancient into the modern world of thought.

G. R. Evans is University Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge. Her publications include Anselm (1989), The Thought of Gregory the Great (1986), Augustine on Evil (1983) and Alan of Lille (1983).

Part I Philosophy and Theology; Chapter 2 Philosophical Sources; Chapter 3 Knowing and Language; Part II God; Chapter 5 The Cosmos; Chapter 6 Man; Chapter 7 Conclusion;