Chapter 5. Peter Abelard and the New Science

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Note on the English Translation xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Chapter 1. Against the Clock 1
6. Chapter 2. Schools of Loyalty: Teaching and Learning in the Early Middle Ages 18
7. Chapter 3. Groups of Enthusiasts: School as a Utopian Place in the Era of Church Reform 43
8. Chapter 4. The Renaissance of Scientific Thought and Knowledge (c. 1070–1115) 71
9. Chapter 5. Peter Abelard and the New Science 94
10. Chapter 6. Abelard’s School: A Social History of Truth 117
11. Chapter 7. The Parisian School Environment 139
12. Chapter 8. Knowledge Creates and Orders the Things of the World 164
13. Chapter 9. Truth and Utility 186
14. Chapter 10. “We, the University”: The Scholars’ Guild 203
15. Epilogue 222
16. List of Abbreviations 229
17. Notes 233
18. Bibliography 315
19. Index 365
20. Acknowledgments 373