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- Title
Scotus as the Father of Modernity. The Natural Philosophy of the English Franciscan Christopher Davenport in 1652.
- Authors
Davenport, Anne A.
- Abstract
This article examines the philosophical teaching of a colorful Oxford alumnus and Roman Catholic convert, Christopher Davenport, also known as Franciscus à Sancta Clara or Francis Coventry. At the peak of Puritan power during the English Interregnum and after five of his Franciscan confrères had perished for their missionary work, our author tried boldly to claim modern cosmology and atomism as the unrecognized fruits of medieval Scotism. His hope was to revive English pride in the golden age of medieval Oxford and to defend English Franciscans as more legitimately patriotic and scientifically progressive than Puritan millenarians.
- Subjects
DAVENPORT, Christopher; COVENTRY, Francis; PHYSICS; ATOMISM; MEDIEVAL cosmology
- Publication
Early Science & Medicine, 2007, Vol 12, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1383-7427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/157338207X166399