Aristotle from André Thevet, Les Vrais Pourtraits et Vies Hommes Illustres, 1584.

History of the Schoolmen by Crewdson Thomas

Today’s free book traces the history of the schools of philosophy from Plato through to the early Seventeenth Century. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in the library of Spurgeon’s College. Ernest Crewdson Thomas [1876-1950], History of the Schoolmen. London: Williams & Norgate Ltd., 1941. Hbk. pp.677. [Click here to visit…

Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought and Learning by Reginald Poole

This is a collection of sketches from Medieval Church history and includes studies on Gottschalk, John Scotus, Peter Abelard, Thomas Aquinas and John Wycliffe. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this book available for digitisation. Reginald Lane Poole [1857-1939], Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought and Learning, 2nd edn. London:…

Sketches of Church History from 600 to 1300 AD by G.S.M. Walker

That the so-called “Dark Ages” contained a surprising amount of light soon becomes clear from the pages of this second volume in the Paternoster Church History. Even the Medieval Papacy, whose rise and fall is, broadley speaking, covered by the period of this book, and which became a laughing-stock and was treated as a scandal,…

Call for Applications: The Scholasticum Institute

Guest Post by the Faculty of The Scholasticum Institute We, the associated faculty of The Scholasticum Institute, in the birthplace of St. Bonaventure (Bagnoregio, Italy), hereby announce the establishment of a new institute of medieval studies dedicated to reviving the study of Scholastic Theology and Philosophy. The institute will have as its goal the formation…