Cornelius Agrippa, the humanist theologian and his declamations / / by Marc van der Poel.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 77
• VerfasserIn: Poel, Marc van der,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden [The Netherlands] ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English; Latin
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 77.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)

This study, based on a fresh reading of the entire correspondence, the surviving orations, declamations and other relevant treatises, contains an innovative interpretation of the philosophical and theological thought of Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim (1486-1535). The first chapters contain a close study of his controversy with the scholastic theologians, which Agrippa carried on throughout his life, particularly with the theologians of Louvain University. Detailed analyses of Agrippa's declamations are included in the second part of the book. The chapter on the humanist declamation offers a new approach to the interpretation of rhetorical texts in the heyday of learned humanism in Northern Europe; in this context, special attention is paid to Agrippa's indebtedness to Erasmus. Throughout the book, Agrippa emerges as an important intermediary between scholasticism and humanism, and a strong opponent of the professional theologians of his time.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION: AGRIPPA'S LEGACY -- CHAPTER ONE: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, WITH EMPHASIS ON AGRIPPA'S INTEREST IN DIVINE STUDIES AND HIS CONFLICTS WITH ANTI-HUMANISTIC THEOLOGIANS -- CHAPTER TWO: AGRIPPA AND SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY -- CHAPTER THREE: METHOD OF REASONING AND STYLE OF AGRIPPA'S THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE BATTLE OF DE INCERTITUDINE: AGRIPPA IN THE WORLD OF HUMANISM -- CHAPTER FIVE: AGRIPPA'S DEFINITION OF THE HUMANIST DECLAMATION AND ITS ERASMIAN ANTECEDENT -- CHAPTER SIX: DE NOBILITATE ET PRAECELLENTIA FOEMINEI SEXUS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: DE ORIGINALI PECCATO DISPUTABILIS OPINIONIS DECLAMATIO -- CHAPTER EIGHT: DE SACRAMENTO MATRIMONII DECLAMATIO -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PASSAGES FROM DE INCERTITUDINE CONDEMNED BY THE SORBONNE ON MARCH 2, 1531 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL INDEX.