Scotism Made in Louvain. The Scholastic Culture of the Franciscans in Belgium

Louvain-La-Neuve

June 03, 2024

September 30, 2024

Maurits Sabbe Library, Charles Deberiotstraat 26, 3000 Leuven

Exhibition "Scotism Made in Louvain. The Scholastic Culture of the Franciscans in Belgium", du 3 Juin au 30 septembre 2024.

Description

The exhibition will be inaugurated on June 3 (4-6 pm) with a seminar on Early Modern Franciscan thought, featuring a talk by Ian Campbell (Belfast), “Franciscans, Scotists, and Early Modern Culture,” and short presentations by the curators and Dom Abbott (KULeuven). 2024 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Theodor Smising’s  giant volume De Deo Uno (printed in Antwerp in 1624), which was soon followed by a second volume De Deo Trino (printed in Antwerp in 1626). Smising’s work was the first printed output of what developed into a specific tradition within Early Modern thought, the Louvain tradition of Scotism, itself but one part of the broad Scotist tradition that build on the thought of John Duns Scotus (ca. 1266–1308). This Louvain tradition was primarily based in the Flemish Franciscan Convent, also known as the Minderbroedersklooster, of the famous university town of Louvain. The Convent itself was much older, dating back to 1228, when the Franciscan Order was in its very beginnings and long before the University of Louvain was founded (in 1425).


Organisation

Claus A. Andersen and Jacob Schmutz (Centre De Wulf-Mansion)

 

 

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