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This is a study of the intellectual development and influence of one of the most independent thinking Englishmen of the Middle Ages. As a scientist, theologian and pastoral leader, Grosseteste was rooted in an English tradition predating the Norman conquest, yet he also looked forward to such disturbing characters of the later Middle Ages as Piers Plowman and John Wycliffe. For this second edition, Sir Richard Southern has revised his study in the light of recent scholarly research, and added a preliminary chapter on the debate over Grosseteste's career and intellectual growth. He examines particular features of Grosseteste's career in detail, especially his chancellorship of the University of Oxford, and provides a full account of the tradition of scientific study in England which Grossteste inherited and transformed.

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`A major study of Grosseteste ... original, brilliant, instructive and for all the awesome complexities it handles, unfailingly easy to read.' Times Literary Supplement `A brilliant and stimulating study ... Elegantly written by the Oxford historian and doyen of English medievalists, Sir Richard Southern, it makes a fascinating contribution to medieval scholarship.' Tablet

'A major study of Grosseteste ... original, brilliant, instructive and for all the awesome complexities it handles, unfailingly easy to read.' Times Literary Supplement 'A brilliant and stimulating study ... Elegantly written by the Oxford historian and doyen of English medievalists, Sir Richard Southern, it makes a fascinating contribution to medieval scholarship.' Tablet

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