John Marenbon was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he is now a fellow. He is the author of numerous books on medieval philosophy, including From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre (Cambridge 1991) and The Philosophy of Peter Abelard (Cambridge 1997).

'The wide range of specialists invited to collaboration and the spectrum of approaches they represent guarantee that this volume is representative of present-day medieval philosophy. The picture of the Middle Ages that emerges is illuminating.' - Tijdschrift voor Filosofie

• Introduction, John Marenbon; Chapter 1 Boethius: from antiquity to the Middle Ages, John Marenbon; Chapter 2 From the beginnings to Avicenna, Jean Jolivet; Chapter 3 Averroes, Alfred Ivry; Chapter 4 Jewish philosophy, Colette Sirat; Chapter 5 Philosophy and its background in the early medieval West, Rosamond McKitterick, John Marenbon; Chapter 6 John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury, Stephen Gersh; Chapter 7 The twelfth century, John Marenbon; Chapter 8 The intellectual context of later medieval philosophy: universities, Aristotle, arts, theology, Stephen Brown; Chapter 9 Metaphysics and science in the thirteenth century: William of Auvergne, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon, Steven Marrone; Chapter 10 Bonaventure, the German Dominicans and the new translations, John Marenbon; Chapter 11 Thomas Aquinas, Brian Davies OP; Chapter 12 The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito, Sten Ebbesen; Chapter 13 Henry of Ghent and Duns Scotus, Stephen Dumont; Chapter 14 Ockham's world and future, Arthur Gibson; Chapter 15 Walter Burley, Peter Aureoli and Gregory of Rimini, Stephen Brown; Chapter 16 Paris and Oxford between Aureoli and Rimini, Chris Schabel; Chapter 17 Late medieval logic, Paul Vincent Spade; Chapter 18 Late medieval philosophy, 1350–1500, Zénon Kaluza; Chapter 19 Suárez (and later scholasticism), Jorge Gracia Glossary; Index Index Index;