Episode 6: The not-so-Dark Ages, medieval intellectuals, and freethinkers
Clear and Present Danger - A history of free speech
English - April 05, 2018 08:31 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsHistory Society & Culture history freespeech historypodcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 5: The Caliphate
Next Episode: Episode 7: Expert Opinion - Peter Adamson
In episode 6, we get medieval!
Find out why the Middle Ages were as much a period of reason and inquiry as inquisition and superstition.
Why was the famous medieval intellectual Pierre Abelard castrated, forced to burn his works, and condemned to silence by the church? How did the combination of Aristotelian philosophy and the development of universities institutionalize reason and science? What are the parallels between clashes over academic freedom in the 13th and 21st centuries?
All this and much more in Clear and Present Danger - episode 6!
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