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Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages 1st Edition by Keagan Brewer ISBN 1138892033 9781138892033

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Author(s): Keagan Brewer

Edition: 1

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Year: 2016

Language: english

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ISBN 10: 1138892033
ISBN 13: 9781138892033
Author: Keagan Brewer

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and asks why the believers believed, and why the skeptical disbelieved. Despite living in a world whose structures more often than not supported belief, there were still a great many who disbelieved, most notably scholastic philosophers who began a polemical programme against belief in marvels. Keagan Brewer reevaluates the Middle Ages’ reputation as an era of credulity by considering the evidence for incidences of marvels, miracles and the supernatural and demonstrating the reasons people did and did not believe in such things. Using an array of contemporary sources, he shows that medieval responders sought evidence in the commonality of a report, similarity of one event to another, theological explanations and from people with status to show that those who believed in marvels and miracles did so only because the wonders had passed evidentiary testing. In particular, he examines both emotional and rational reactions to wondrous phenomena, and why some were readily accepted and others rejected. This book is an important contribution to the history of emotions and belief in the Middle Ages.

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 2 – What is wonder? Contemporary and medieval views

Chapter 3 – Wonder, fear, orality and community

Chapter 4 – Wonder, entertainment and fascination: travel, architecture, objects

Chapter 5 – The marvels of faith: wonder and Christian belief

Chapter 6 – Towards a medieval epistemology: evidentiary frameworks underpinning belief in marvels

Chapter 7 – Sensory experience, experimentation and global skepticism

Chapter 8 – Three stories and some macro-level questions

Notes

What is wonder? Contemporary and medieval views

What is wonder? Contemporary scientific views

What is wonder? Medieval views

Notes

Wonder, fear, orality and community

Fear of supernatural punishment

Fear of hybridity and monstrosity

Fear of the Apocalypse

Fearful stories as community belief construction

Notes

Wonder, entertainment and fascination Travel, architecture, objects

Entertaining objects: wonder at the physical

The marvels of court entertainment

The conflict between reality and wonder in medieval travel reports

Notes

The marvels of faith Wonder and Christian belief

The wonders of Christian doctrine: Augustine and others

Wonder as an authorial tool in sermons

The emotionality of wonder at saints’ relics

Dangerous marvels: the theological backlash

Notes

Towards a medieval epistemology Evidentiary frameworks underpinning belief in marvels

Credibility of the reporter

Gestures and manner

Wide reporting of single event

Similarity to other events

Deference to God’s omnipotence

The post-factum viewing of physical evidence

Deference to written authority

Notes

Sensory experience, experimentation and global skepticism

Sensory experience and authority

Experiential knowledge, ‘experiment’ and wonders

Global skepticism

Notes

Three stories and some macro-level questions

Summary of arguments

Notes

Select bibliography

Primary sources

Secondary sources

Index

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