Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar

Critical edition of previously unpublished works by a key philosopher of the fifteenth-century Low Countries
Peter de Rivo (c.1420–1499), a renowned philosopher active at the University of Leuven, is today mostly remembered for his controversial role in the quarrel over future contingents (1465–1475). Much less known are his contributions to historical chronology, in particular his attempts to determine the dates of Christ’s birth and death. In 1471, Peter made an original contribution to this long-standing discussion with his Dyalogus de temporibus Christi, which reconciles conflicting views by rewriting the history of the Jewish and Christian calendars. Later in his career, Peter tackled the issue of calendar reform in his Reformacio kalendarii Romani (1488) and engaged in a heated debate with Paul of Middelburg on the chronology of Christ. This book edits the Dyalogus and Reformacio and sets out their context and transmission in an extensive historical introduction.

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"Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar" was edited by Matthew S. Champion, Serena Masolini and C. Philipp E. Nothaft.

Matthew S. Champion is senior research fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University.

Serena Masolini is postdoctoral researcher at the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, KU Leuven.

C. Philipp E. Nothaft is senior fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.

Yes, "Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1" series. It's book 57.1 in the series.

In association with The De Wulf-Mansion Centre.

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The series' focus lies primarily on the continuity and thematic transitions between ancient, medieval and renaissance thought, but also includes volumes on specific topics related to any of those periods. ‘Philosophy' is understood broadly to include metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind, and philosophical theology. Since the series is particularly devoted to making available Latin and Greek source texts, we welcome critical text editions as well as contributions that are based on philological scrutiny of those texts, without losing sight of their philosophical importance.

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Researchers and graduate students in ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy, in classics and in history.

Editorial Coordinator

Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Pieter Beullens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Lisa Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pieter d'Hoine, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jan Opsomer, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Robiglio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven, Belgium

Advisory Board

Brad Inwood, Yale Universityo, USA
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom
John Marenbon, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lodi Nauta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Timothy Noone (†) , The Catholic University of America, USA
Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Martin Pickavé, University of Toronto, Canada,
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Geert Roskam, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Introduction Chapter 1. Peter de Rivo: A University Professor in Fifteenth-Century Leuven
Chapter 2. The Chronology of Christ’s Life in Peter de Rivo’s Dyalogus de temporibus Christi 1. Background and Sources 2. Peter’s Argument
Chapter 3. Peter de Rivo’s Debate with Paul of Middelburg 1. An Offensive Apology 2. Peter’s Return to Chronology 3. The Clash of 1492 4. The Aftermath 5. Appendix: Texts Relating to Paul of Middelburg in MS Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 300
Chapter 4. Peter de Rivo on Reforming the Ecclesiastical Calendar
Chapter 5. Peter de Rivo’s Dyalogus de temporibus Christi and Reformacio: Manuscripts, Communities, and Reading 1. Notes on the Codices 2. St Martin’s, Leuven 3. The Priory of Bethleem, Herent 4. Reading in the Reformed Religious Houses of the Southern Low Countries 5. Circulation of Texts 6. A Seventeenth-Century Coda
The CodicesPrinciples of Edition
Dyalogus de temporibus Christi Prologus Tractatus 1: <Controversie que sunt circa tempora Christi> Tractatus 2: <De ciclis> Tractatus 3: <Solutiones dictarum controversiarum> Summarium dyalogi Appendix
Reformacio kalendarii Romani Appendix
NotesBibliographyIndex

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar" is 10.11116/9789461663474.