It could have been otherwise : contingency and necessity in Dominican theology at Oxford, 1300-1350 / / by Hester Goodenough Gelber.

• Superior document: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, Bd. 81
• Author: Gelber, Hester Goodenough, 1943-
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Table of Contents

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Making of a Conversational Community -- A. The Provincial Priors -- B. Doctors of Theology -- 1. Blackfriars from 1300 to 1312 -- 2. Years of Crisis&amp -- #8212 -- Blackfriars from 1312 to 1320 -- 3. Blackfriars under John of Bristol&amp -- #8212 -- 1317 to 1327 -- 4. Blackfriars under Simon of Boraston&amp -- #8212 -- 1327 to 1336 -- 5. The Provincialates of Winkley, Dutton and Strelley&amp -- #8212 -- 1337 to 1349 -- C. Intellectual Life -- Chapter 2. A Community Census -- A. Blackfriars from 1300 to 1312 -- B. Blackfriars from 1312 to 1320 -- C. Blackfriars under John of Bristol&amp -- #8212 -- 1317&amp -- #8211 -- 1327 -- D. Blackfriars under Simon of Boraston&amp -- #8212 -- 1327&amp -- #8211 -- 1336 -- E. The Provincialates of Winkley, Dutton and Strelley&amp -- #8212 -- 1337&amp -- #8211 -- 1349 -- Chapter 3. New Directions in Modal Theory -- A. Thomas Aquinas on Modality -- B. The Fourteenth Century Reaction -- C. Enter the Ars obligatoria -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Emergence of an Obligational Theology -- A. John Duns Scotus -- B. Arnold of Strelley -- C. Robert Holcot -- D. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The Limits of Lying -- A. Covenant and Contract among the Dominicans -- B. Could God Deceive Us? -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Troubling Necessities -- A. Immutability Implies Necessity -- B. Necessities of Past and Consequent -- C. Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Invincible Ignorance -- A. Arnold of Strelley -- B. Intuitive Cognition of Non-Existents -- C. William Crathorn -- D. A Case of Mistaken Identity -- E. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. God's Absolute and Ordained Power -- A. Revisiting the Modern Controversy -- B. Dominicans on God's Power -- C. God's Knowledge of a Non-Existent Rose -- D. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.

Index of Ancient and Medieval Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.