Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar
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Calendar reform
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Chronology
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Fifteenth-Century Low Countries
History of scholarship
Life of Jesus
Paul of Middelburg
Peter de Rivo
University of Leuven
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- ISBN 9789462702448
- Weight: 575g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Leuven University Press
- Publication City/Country: BE
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Matthew S. Champion is a 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 postdoctoral research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.
