id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 5h73pv65c8z Stephen M Metzger Gerard of Abbeville, Secular Master, on Knowledge, Wisdom and Contemplation 2013 .txt text/plain 314 10 38 After a preliminary examination of his will, which reveals his social and ecclesiastical position, this dissertation probes Gerard's manuscripts for what they reveal about the way in which secular masters taught theology as well as the content of that teaching. Although the history of the University of Paris during the thirteenth century has received much scholarly attention, the contribution of secular masters to that history during the middle of the thirteenth century has been largely overlooked. cache/5h73pv65c8z.txt txt/5h73pv65c8z.txt