The Dialogus became an important reference text during the last two centuries of the Middle Ages, especially in the time of troubles associated with the Great S

This volume explores theoretical discourses in which religion is used to legitimize political violence. It examines the ways in which Christianity and Islam are

In his Dialogus William of Ockham (c. 1285 to 1347/8) turned from pure philosophy and theology to polemic, in the form of a dialogue between a student and a uni

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The key ideas on authority of a powerful and historically important thinker.