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Medieval

Information on Christian theologians of the Middle Ages, including Byzantine theology and Renaissance humanism. For the West, this includes theologians after Gregory the Great (d. 604) but before the Reformation. For the Christian East, the Byzantine period begins with theologians after John Damascene (d. circa 750).

Alexander of Hales

Sites relevant to Alexander of Hales, a Franciscan and Scholastic theologian who died in 1245.

Biel, Gabriel

Sites dedicated to Gabriel Biel, Scholastic, nominalist, and first professor of theology at Tübingen, d. 1495.

Durandus of Saint-Pourçain

Durandus of Saint-Pourçain was a fourteenth-century French Dominican philosopher and theologian. He was a nominalist.

Gerson, Jean

Sites related to Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris, active in the argument over conciliarism, and a writer of mystical theology, d. 1429.

Hugh of Saint-Victor

Sites dedicated to Hugh of Saint-Victor, a theologian, philosopher, and mystical writer of the twelfth century.

Hus, Jan

Jan Hus (John Hus, Jan Huss, John Huss), circa 1369-1415, a Bohemian reformer strongly influenced by John Wycliffe. Hus was condemned by the Council of Constance and burned at the stake.

Nicholas of Cusa

Information on Nicholas of Cusa, fifteenth-century German philosopher, churchman, writer of mystical theology.

Nicholas of Lyra

Sites related to Nicholas of Lyra (1270-1340), a Franciscan exegete whose Postillae (commentaries on Scripture) were second in popularity only to the Glossa ordinaria. Nicholas contended that the literal sense of Scripture, including the author's intent, must be the foundation for any spiritual interpretation.

Peter Lombard

Sites related to Italian theologian Peter Lombard, best known for his "Sentences." He died in about 1160.