Charles V, Nicole Oresme, And Christine De Pizan
Unities And Uses Of Knowledge In Fourteenth-Century France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20081447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Cadden (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Pages | 208-244 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004247321_010 |
| OpenAlex | W2492713372 |
| ISBN | 9789004247321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The work of Nicole Oresme, encompassing (among other things) natural philosophy, epistemology, mathematics, and theology, illustrates Murdoch's account of the fourteenth-century intellectual scene. Traces of their part in the argument about the foundations and practices of astrology come down to us in the writings of Christine de Pizan, whose father was a prominent physician-astrologer in Charles V's court, and these in turn are confirmed by Oresme's own choices and rhetoric. Charles V is best known for his management of the French nobility, his effective system of taxation, and his successful prosecution of one segment of the Hundred Years War. Christine's arguments tend to seek such uncontested territory. Her praise of astrology is often framed in general Aristotelian and Christian terms. Both Christine and Oresme praise the elevated subject matter of astrology and its role as a stepping-stone to knowledge of the Creator. Keywords: astrology; Charles V; Christine de Pizan; epistemology; fourteenth-century France; natural philosophy; Nicole Oresme; theology
Art · Art history · Environmental ethics · Classics · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |