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TITLE: The mural paintings in the Augustinian monastery in Třeboň AUTHOR: Michaela Vrchotová DEPARTMENT: Department of Art History SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Ing. Jan Royt, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The subject of this thesis are the mural paintings in St. Giles church and the former monastery of Augustinian Canons in Třeboň, which date from the last quarter of the 14th century until the late Middle Ages and the onset of Renaissance at the beginning of the 16th century. The main objective was to gather all available information that could contribute to elucidating the period context of the creation of the mural paintings in the monastery of Třeboň. The intended output was, to the extent of objective possibilities, an art historical analysis of the works, backed by all the researched facts, and the assessment of the significance of Rosenberg donators and of their links to the imperial court. The extent of preservation and the possibilities for assessment of the artistic quality of the individual mural images form a relatively broad range. The mural paintings were divided into three time periods and the pictures that were the focus of the thesis stand as interesting period documents, not only from the artistic, but also from the cultural point of view, and as such they deserve a place in the history of Třeboň monastery...

Perhaps due to its seemingly straightforward religious nature, the Second Nun's Cecelia Legend in The Canterbury Tales is often dismissed by scholars and readers alike. However, through analyzing Chaucer's earlier analogues, it becomes apparent that Chaucer has left out key pieces of the Life of Saint Cecelia. These omissions can be explained as attempts to illustrate the humanistic beliefs of both St. Augustine and Christine de Pizan. Further, the etymology of key words which appear in the "Second Nun's Prologue and Tale" help to reinforce the satire which Chaucer creates. Chaucer has deleted the humanism from the Saint Cecelia Legend in order to illustrate the potential for the corruption of female virtue.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T17:27:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudiomiro Bispo.pdf: 267777 bytes, checksum: a69d97f8dafde914121b0221393d239f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-23 / This dissertation aims to study obstacles to happy life as presented in the dialogue On the Happy Life (De Beata Vita) by the philosopher Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 28 August 430). First, Augustine s fundamental elements of life and formation are presented, especially his conception of human being created by God, whom departs from him, but for his fulfillment must return to God. However, this return, metaphorically presented by Augustine as navigation, has challenges to be faced, obstacles to be overcome because of the evil in human life. The Happy Life stands out to improper nutrition for the soul, inadequate wishes, live subject to fears, skepticism (represented by academics), the soul s impurities, the soul apart from God and pride / Esta dissertação tem por objetivo tratar dos obstáculos à vida feliz conforme apresentado no diálogo A vida feliz (De Beata Vita) do filósofo Agostinho de Hipona. (13 de novembro de 354 28 de Agosto de 430). Primeiramente são apresentados elementos fundamentais da vida e da formação de Agostinho, especialmente sua concepção do homem enquanto ser criado por Deus, que se afasta dele, mas que, para sua realização, deve voltar a ele. Entretanto, essa volta, apresentada metaforicamente por Agostinho como uma navegação, possui desafios a ser enfrentados, obstáculos a serem transpostos por causa do mal na vida humana. Em A Vida Feliz destacam-se a alimentação inadequada para a alma, desejar de modo impróprio, viver sujeitos a receios, ceticismo (representado pelos acadêmicos), as impurezas da alma, a distância da alma de Deus e o orgulho

Responding to the absence of readily available models in Australia for thinking about Christian higher education, this thesis investigates what might constitute its foundational principles and distinctive character. The thesis considers the Western Christian tradition, the history of the university, and the contemporary experience of Christian higher education in the United States to identify models for thinking about Christian higher education. It is argued that a central issue to be addressed in developing a distinctively Christian approach to scholarship is the relationship of faith and reason, an issue to which the Christian tradition offers a range of approaches. The question of faith and reason has a wider cultural significance since, it is argued, Western culture is fundamentally constituted by the relationship of Jerusalem and Athens, in which the inherent tensions do not obscure an ultimate commitment to the unity of truth. In contemporary debates over Christian higher education, the concept of faith-learning integration is a central issue. Given the variety of definitions and models proposed, the thesis considers the approaches which have been adopted in the Christian tradition. The approaches of Philo and the Church Fathers to classical learning are considered, with extended attention given to the 'faith seeking understanding' model attributed to St Augustine. Drawing upon Neoplatonism, Augustine's theory of illumination explained why true knowledge was dependent upon divine revelation. Augustine's approach also held that 'all truth is God's truth', and justified the appropriation of classical learning as analogous to the Hebrews 'spoiling Egypt' at the time of the Exodus. The Augustinian approach offers significant insight into the role of the will and the affections in knowing, and justifies belief as a reliance upon authority. While Augustine's is not the only model that might validly be termed 'Christian', and is not without its problems, it is a model which still has much to offer to Christian higher education today. The Augustinian approach has a profound historical significance since it established the epistemological framework for western Christendom throughout the middle ages. In responding to the criticism that the term 'Christian university' is an oxymoron, the thesis also considers aspects of the history of the medieval and Reformation universities, seeking to establish the extent to which it is possible for the university to be regarded as a Christian institution. It is argued that the university did not arise out of the rediscovery of Aristotelian philosophy, and that it is indeed possible to regard the university as a Christian institution for much of its history. The possibility of a Christian university today is thus not inconsistent with the history and institutional character of the university. The contributions to thinking about faith and learning and Christian higher education of Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Henry Newman are also discussed. One of the critical tasks of Christian higher education generally, and of a Christian university specifically, is the synthesis or integration of faith and learning, of which both Augustine and Thomas Aquinas were exemplars. It is argued however that, while the Thomistic approach can validly be termed 'Christian', it has been more successfully pursued in Catholic institutions than in their Protestant counterparts in which a central authority to regulate the boundaries of the domains of faith and reason is absent. A critical issue for Christian higher education today is that of secularising pressures, and thus the recent history of the secularisation of Christian higher education institutions in the United States is also considered. It is argued that the secularisation of these institutions was due particularly to the view of faith and learning which they had adopted. The study concludes that the 'worldview' approach advocated by Abraham Kuyper offers an approach to scholarship which is both resistant to secularisation, and consistent with the Christian tradition, particularly as expressed by Augustine and Calvin.

Submitted by Marilene Donadel (marilene.donadel@unioeste.br) on 2018-05-30T19:01:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Elissa_Sanches_2018.pdf: 1005439 bytes, checksum: 3cfd02a0cde70b8adcf91858b6137802 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-30T19:01:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elissa_Sanches_2018.pdf: 1005439 bytes, checksum: 3cfd02a0cde70b8adcf91858b6137802 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-23 / Hannah Arendt developed a doctoral thesis in which she worked on the concept of love in Augustine outside its theological dimension, making Philosophy the interpretative key for her analysis. As a result, the German philosopher focused on the Augustinian contradictions regarding the triad of love: love of God, love of self and, especially, neighborly love, the central issue of her research. As her tools, she used Heidegger's Phenomenology and Philosophy of Existence to reach the core of her problem: how can we love each other and ourselves through the love of God? In our dissertation, we study Hannah Arendt's interpretative analysis in order to highlight another way of understanding the neighborly love (dilectio proximi) of Augustine’s philosophy, seeking to understand if it is at all possible to develop a relationship of charitable love within the space of communal life (vita socialis). Love, for the bishop of Hippo, is the ethical principle that binds human beings, thus forming communities. What Arendt questions is the capacity of love to act, on its own, in this social dimension. Her research will culminate in the discovery that love does not promote any social connections, but that there is something behind it, something primeval that generates this connection from the individual’s birth. This original connection refers to the theological questions of Augustinian thought, namely the equality between human beings originated both in Adam and in Christ, as well as the Christian belief that all individuals are regarded as sinners and in need of grace. It is those parameters that will define, according to Arendt, the bond between individuals - constituting life in society (vita socialis) - and will allow the execution of the Christian commandment, which orders one to love one's neighbor as oneself. In the end, we present the philosophical and theological implications of this Arendtian interpretation space. / Hannah Arendt desenvolveu uma tese de doutorado na qual trabalhou o conceito de amor em Agostinho fora de sua dimensão teológica, tornando a Filosofia a chave interpretativa para a sua análise. Como resultado, a filósofa alemã se debruçou sobre as contradições agostinianas no que concerne à tríade do amor: o amor a Deus, o amor a si e, especialmente, o amor ao próximo, problema-central de sua pesquisa. Como ferramentas, ela utilizou a Fenomenologia e a Filosofia da Existência de Heidegger para alcançar o cerne de seu problema: como podemos amar ao outro e a nós mesmos através do amor a Deus? Em nossa dissertação nos aprofundamos na análise interpretativa realizada por Hannah Arendt de modo a destacar outra forma de compreensão do amor ao próximo (dilectio proximi) a partir da filosofia agostiniana, na busca por entender se é possível desenvolver uma relação de amor caridoso dentro do espaço da vida comunitária (vita socialis). O amor, para o bispo de Hipona, é o princípio ético que vincula os seres humanos formando, assim, comunidades. O que Arendt questiona é a capacidade do amor de atuar, por si só, nesta dimensão social. Sua investigação culminará na descoberta de que o amor não promove nenhuma conexão social, mas existe algo por trás, primevo, que gera esta ligação desde o nascimento do indivíduo. Essa conexão originária remete às questões teológicas do pensamento agostiniano, a saber, a igualdade entre os seres humanos originada em Adão e em Cristo, bem como a crença cristã de que todos os indivíduos são tidos como pecadores e necessitados da graça. São estes parâmetros que definirão, conforme Arendt, o vínculo entre os indivíduos – constituindo a vida em sociedade (vita socialis) – e permitirá a execução do mandamento cristão, que ordena o amor ao próximo como a si mesmo. Ao final, apresentamos as implicações filosóficas e teológicas deste espaço de interpretação arendtiano.

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The house of canons regular in Roudnice nad Labem was founded 1333 by John IV of Dražice after his return from Avignon. It was a very important and richly supported monastery, which is demonstrated besides other things by the younger fragment of necrologium, dated 1458-1464 (State Regional Archive in Třeboň, fond Velkostatek Třeboň, registratura IA 3K β 28e). The thesis deals with the Bohemian illuminated manuscripts from the 2nd third of the 14th century from the library from Roudnice, which is quite unique between all the Bohemian houses of regular canons for the high percentage of illuminated manuscripts. The Missale of John of Dražice ( KNM XIII B 9) is an excellent example of some high quality manuscript in the time around 1340 in Bohemia. The ornamental initials show parallels to the recent Western European style. One of them, VD initial on the folio 57r, is filled by the coat-of-arms of the Dražice family, gold wine sprig with three leafs in the red field. But the most interesting is the canon leaf (65r), a classical representative of Central European linear style. The leaf was glued to its place. The same praxis we see in the slightly younger Missale of Chotěšov Monastery (NK XIV C 3). The canon leaf from Chotěšov (185v) is more delicate in its colors and forms, distinctly knowledgeable of...

This study concerns the composition of the Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and is part of a scholarly discussion within New Testament studies known as the “Synoptic Problem.” In this study, the composition of the Gospels is considered in light of ancient compositional practice, a field of study within the Synoptic Problem that has grown in popularity in recent decades. It specifically looks at the way that Matthew and Mark and Luke would have moved through their sources or exemplars (source-utilization movement) when they composed, presuming that some sort of direction of dependence is the case. Each of the Simple Solutions is considered in this regard—the Augustinian Hypothesis, the Büsching Hypothesis, the Farrer Hypothesis, the Griesbach Hypothesis, the Lockton Hypothesis, and the Wilke Hypothesis, as well as the Two-Document Hypothesis. It may be presumed some sort of direction of dependence is the case between the Synoptic Gospels, whatever direction this might be, and the form these sources took would have likely been bookrolls (or scrolls). The thesis introduces a neglected factor in Synoptic Problem studies. Whereas historically each Gospel text has been presumed to be a single bookroll, in this study, a multiple-bookroll hypothesis is also tested. Instead of there being one bookroll per Gospel, the possibility that each Gospel was distributed over several bookrolls is also tested. Additionally, the study takes into consideration the role of memory and memory-access of traditions in the process of composition. Several other matters concerning ancient compositional practice is also treated throughout. When the various Hypotheses are examined in terms of how the Gospel-authors would have moved through their texts, in light of a multiple bookroll hypothesis, among other factors, the result seems to favour strongly Lukan Absolute Posteriority (i.e., the Augustinian and Farrer Hypotheses). / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / This study concerns the composition of the Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and is part of a scholarly discussion within New Testament studies known as the Synoptic Problem. It considers the composition of the Gospels in light of ancient compositional practice. It specifically looks at the way that Matthew and Mark and Luke would have moved through their sources or exemplars during composition (source-utilization movement), according to a number of different hypotheses. Each Gospel may be presumed to have used sources when their authors composed, and the sources would have likely been bookrolls (or scrolls). A number of Hypotheses have been presented over the last two centuries concerning how the Gospels were composed and what direction of dependence that composition took. When these various Hypotheses are examined in terms of how the Gospel-authors would have moved through their texts, the result seems to favour two possibilities above others. Both of these possibilities have it that the author of Luke was the utilizing author of both Matthew and Mark.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to describe the library of Augustinan canons in Roudnice nad Labem (Raudnitz in German) and assess its place in late medieval culture in Bohemia. The first chapter surveys the history of the monastery. It was founded by the bishop of Prague, Jan IV. from Dražice, in 1333. The monastery flourished and was supported by the highest ecclesiastical officials, but it was destroyed in 1421 during the Hussite wars; the canons escaped to Germany (Erfurt) and to Poland (Wroclaw, Żagań/Sagan). There is substantial evidence on the history of the monastery in Roudnice; several important documents of the monastery have survived, especially monastic statutes, the necrologium of the monastery and also its cartulary. Then the monastic library is explored. In addition to the manuscripts themselves, there are notes on the books in the necrologium of the monastery and several other indirect sources. Unfortunately it is impossible to reconstruct the entire content of the library of the Augustian canons in Roudnice; nevertheless, over one hundred manuscripts that used to be kept in the library have been identified. These manuscripts are today deposited mainly in the Library of the National Museum and in the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague. The library of the monastery...