| The Medieval Culture of Disputation: Pedagogy, Practice, and Performance Subjects: Civilization Medieval -- 12th century; Civilization Medieval -- 13th century; Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History -- Medieval 500–1500; Scholasticism -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Academic disputations -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Reli; Through hundreds of published and unpublished sources, Alex J. Novikoff traces the evolution of disputation from its ancient origins to its broader influence in the scholastic culture and public sphere of the High Middle Ages. Alex J. Novikoff teaches medieval history at Fordham University and is translator of The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century by Jean-Claude Schmitt, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |