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William J. Courtenay
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 73
Citations - 1032
William J. Courtenay is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nominalism & Intellectual history. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 72 publications receiving 1007 citations. Previous affiliations of William J. Courtenay include American Society of Church History.
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Schools & scholars in fourteenth-century England
TL;DR: Courtenay as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive account of educational structure and intellectual life in fourteenth-century England, arguing that the two decades between 1320 and 1340 merit recognition as a golden age of English scholasticism.
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Covenant and Causality in Pierre d'Ailly
TL;DR: In the late Middle Ages, it was assumed that every movement from non-being to being, from potency to act, required a cause which could, with varying degrees of accuracy, be ascertained as discussed by the authors.
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Intellectuals in the Middle Ages
TL;DR: The 12th century - the birth of the intellectuals the 13th century from academic to humanist as discussed by the authors, the beginning of the modern humanist movement, and the development of humanism.
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The Bible in the Fourteenth Century: Some Observations
TL;DR: In the field of medieval biblical studies, this article pointed out the need for an adequate historical overview of developments in the late Middle Ages, particularly for the early fourteenth-century English group.
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Inquiry and Inquisition: Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities
TL;DR: The year 1988 marks the centennial of the American Society of Church History (ASCH) and it is also the anniversary of two important works dealing with the theme of religious toleration and freedom of ideas.