A "Book of knowledge"? : The De tribus punctis christianae religionis (1316) by Thomas Hibernicus and its heyday in late medieval Bohemia

Abstract

An analysis of the medieal manuscript transmission of the De tribus punctis essentialibus christianae religionis, written by Thomas Hibernicus (Palmeranus, fl. 1295-1316) in 1316. The treatise was very popular in late medieval Bohemia because Ernest of Pardubice, the archbishop of Prague, appended it to his statutes of 1349.

The study concentrates on a discussion of its possible role as a popular "book of knowledge".

Keywords

• medieval manuscripts
• medieval Latin
• late medieval culture
• book history
• medieval Bohemia
• paleography
• medieval studies