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Unless you believe, you shall not understand : logic, university, and society in late medieval Vienna

Title
  1. Unless you believe, you shall not understand : logic, university, and society in late medieval Vienna / Michael H. Shank.
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  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1988.
Author
  1. Shank, Michael H.

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Description
  1. xvii, 257 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. A study of the early history of the University of Vienna, founded in 1350. Focuses on the views of university theologians, especially Henry of Langenstein (ca. 1325-1397) who believed that Aristotle's syllogistic logic was universally valid. Ch. 6 (p. 139-169), "Langenstein and the Viennese Jews, " suggests, on the basis of a sermon preached in 1396, that he had tried in vain to convert the Viennese Jews by means of this logic. Langenstein must have known members of the Jewish community whose moneylending activities he criticized. As a result of his failure, he lost faith in logic, quoting from Isaiah that religious truths must be accepted on the basis of authority. Ch. 7 (p. 170-200), "Unless You Believe, You Shall Not Understand, " shows how his successors turned from argument to actual persecution of Hussites and Jews. Rumors of a Hussite-Jewish conspiracy worsened the position of Vienna's Jews, whose quarter was sacked in 1406. In 1421, after another attempt at conversion, 240 Jews were burned at the stake and the community was destroyed.
Subject
  1. Heinrich, von Langenstein, approximately 1325-1397
  2. Heinrich von Langenstein 1325-1397
  3. Hus, Jan 1369-1415
  4. Heinrich von Langenstein, (1325-1397) > Contribution à la doctrine de la Trinité
  5. Universität Wien > History
  6. Universität Wien
  7. Universität Wien > Moyen âge
  8. Wien > Universität
  9. 600-1500
  10. Geschichte 1365-1415
  11. Apologetics > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  12. Logic, Medieval
  13. Trinity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  14. Christianity and other religions > Judaism
  15. Judaism > Relations > Christianity
  16. Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History
  17. Judaism > Relations > Christianity > History
  18. Apologetics > Middle Ages
  19. Christianity
  20. Interfaith relations
  21. Judaism
  22. Trinity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages
  23. Logik
  24. Philosophie
  25. Theologie
  26. Trinitätslehre
  27. Universiteiten
  28. Christianity and other religions > Judaism > 1945- > Congresses
  29. Trinité > Histoire des doctrines > Moyen âge
  30. Christianisme > Relations > Judaïsme
  31. Judaïsme > Relations > Christianisme
  32. Apologétique
  33. Logique médiévale
  34. Vienna (Austria) > Church history
  35. Austria > Vienna
  36. Wien
  37. Vienne (Autriche) > Vie intellectuelle > 15e siècle
  38. Vienne (Autriche) > Histoire religieuse > Moyen âge
Genre/Form
  1. Church history.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Vienna and the rise of its University -- Intellectual life in the revived University -- On paralogisms in Trinitarian doctrine : the early fourteenth century -- Trinitarian paralogisms come to Vienna : Henry of Oyta and Henry of Langenstein -- On paralogisms in Trinitarian doctrine : the Viennese students -- Langenstein and the Viennese Jews -- "Unless you believe, you shall not understand -- Appendix : The notebook of Johannes Bremis.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 221-248.