THE CONCEPT OF VIRTUS MORALIS IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

Authors

  • Fernando de Blassi Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448Vol4Iss1a97

Keywords:

Early Middle Ages, speculum principis, virtue, ordo laicalis

Abstract

Virtue is an inescapable component when it comes to philosophical reflection on ethical behaviour. It can furthermore be seen that during the Early Middle Ages, specially during the VIIIth and IXth centuries, the concept of moral virtue is a topic of frequent discussion and treatment within ecclesiastical and domestic circles. In fact, its logico- semantical clarification was of particular importance given the intent of educating the prince toward a virtuous life, so that he could govern the portion entrusted to him with justice and righteousness. Due to the dificulty of agreeing with systematic treatises on moral doctrine belonging to this period, the present work will study the sense of virtus and its concrete manifestation in the practical configuration of the Early Medieval ordo laicorum through a hermeneutic investigation of the Liber Manualis Dhuodane, whose authorship belongs to a layperson, the Duchess of Septimania.

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2017-02-12

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de Blassi, Fernando. 2017. “THE CONCEPT OF VIRTUS MORALIS IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES”. Síntesis. Philosophy Journal 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448Vol4Iss1a97.