Abstract
Philosophy played a crucial role in shaping the intellectual geography of Europe in the late Middle Ages and the early modernity. Between 1250 and 1450, ‘philosophy’ (philosophia) embraced a diverse set of disciplines that included logic, physics, ethics, and metaphysics. These fields thrived through the reception of Aristotle and a novel application of the arts of 'trivium' and 'quadrivium'. Following a historiographical narrative rooted in the early 20th c. scholarship has commonly considered Paris and its university as the exclusive origin of such an academic framework. This approach led scholars to neglect the role played by other European universities of the time and their specific practices of teaching and learning philosophy. For instance, many Italian universities and even the oldest one, Bologna, have often been considered as an 'exception' to or a 'variant' of the Parisian model. This project aims to reshape this narrative by shedding light on the multifaceted cultural network of the ‘Regnum Italiae’. This rich cultural landscape will be brought back into the broader picture of the European intellectual history: from being an ‘Italian Exception’ to be finally acknowledged as a central chapter of our European Heritage. TeLPh has three main goals. First, to shed new light on northern and central Italian universities as cultural crossroads where philosophy, sciences, law, and medicine were taught and learned in connection with the urban context of the communes and the Mendicants’ studia. Second, to analyze how the Latin-speaking educational system of masters and students met and merged with the Vernacular literature and the practical teachings of the city lay schools. Third, to challenge central assumptions about the history of medieval philosophy and our cultural heritage. TeLPh will adopt a ground-breaking methodology and epistemological model to develop a comprehensive open-access database ARTES (Archive and Repository of Texts and Statutes) concerning masters, works, normative texts. ARTES will work both as prototype and incubator for future projects and will be included in a website where additional datasets, texts, and sources will be made accessible to the wider public. The cross-cultural nature of TeLPh is nurtured by the cross-disciplinary blending of our team, which includes experts in the history of philosophy, social and institutional history, history of sciences, codicology, paleography, philology. The project will contribute substantively to the pan-European research infrastructure for the Arts and the Humanities (particularly DARIAH) in consideration of the project’s openness towards international collaborations aimed at nurturing a better appreciation of the European cultural heritage. Moreover, TeLPh will reassess the history of medieval and early modern philosophy in terms of 'science for citizens', engaging with a proactive outreach strategy to broadcast our results also to non-specialised audiences and stakeholders.
Dettagli del progetto
Responsabile scientifico: Costantino Marmo
Strutture Unibo coinvolte:
Dipartimento delle Arti
Coordinatore:
Università degli Studi di ROMA Tor Vergata(Italy)
Contributo totale Unibo: Euro (EUR) 46.824,00
Durata del progetto in mesi: 24
Data di inizio
17/10/2023
Data di fine:
28/02/2026
