Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar
Edited by Matthew S. Champion, Serena Masolini, and C. Philipp E. Nothaft
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edition of previously unpublished works by a key philosopher of the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.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Chapter 2. The Chronology of Christ’s Life in Peter de Rivo’s Dyalogus de temporibus Christi
Chapter 3. Peter de Rivo’s Debate with Paul of Middelburg
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
The Codices
Principles of Edition
Dyalogus de temporibus Christi
Reformacio kalendarii Romani
Notes
Format: Text edition - ebook
290 pages
ISBN: 9789461663474
Publication: October 14, 2020
Series: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 57.1
Languages: English
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.
Auf den Editionstext folgen wenige Kommentarnotizen zu einzelnen Textstellen. Das Werk schließt mit einer vierteiligen Bibliographie (Hss., Drucke vor 1700, Texteditionen, Sekundärliteratur), einem Quellenindex und einem allgemeinen Index, der sich auf historische Orts- und Personennamen sowie wenige einschlägige Begriffe beschränkt. Die Einführung ist spannend geschrieben und bietet wichtige Einblicke, zum Einen in das Kernthema der christlichen Chronologie, die Datierung der Passion, ganz im Sinne der Studien Peters de Rivo, und zum Anderen in die universitäre Streitkultur des ausgehenden MA.
Martin Hellmann, Deutschen Archiv 78-2 (2022)