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This dissertation investigates two questions that relate to a Christian commitment expressed in Western medieval philosophy. The commitment is that the knowledge of God's existence is naturally implanted in all human beings. The first question asks whether this commitment implie…

With the meteoric rise of Aristotle in the intellectual life of thirteenth-century Europe, a series of proofs concerning the world's possible eternity took on new meaning. The recovery of various Aristotelian texts, an influx of commentaries from the Arab world, and rapid change…

In 1263, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio submitted a new life of Francis of Assisi. The Legenda Maior Sancti Francisci (Major Legend of Saint Francis) was soon decreed as the official biography for the Franciscan order. Despite its ongoing importance to the order, the Legenda Maior ca…