Robert of Courson
Robert von Courson or Robert of Courçon (also called Robert Curzon ; * around 1160/1170 in Kedleston , Derbyshire , England ; † February 12, 1219 before Damiette ) was an English cardinal , papal legate and chancellor of the University of Paris .
Life
After studying in Oxford , Paris and Rome , he became Chancellor of the University of Paris in 1211. On February 18, 1212 he was made cardinal, in 1213 papal legate with the task of promoting a new crusade . In 1215 he became chairman of a commission to investigate the "errors" of the Amalrican people spread at the University of Paris .
From November 1, 1215 he took part in the 4th Lateran Council . Also in the papal election in 1216 , from the Honorius III. when Pope emerged he was involved.
He took an active part in a campaign against heresy in France and accompanied the Fifth Crusade to Egypt as a legate of Pope Honorius III. He died during the siege of Damiette.
Fonts
Robert von Courson is the author of a number of works, including a Summa , which deals with questions of canon law and ethical issues, but also - in the treatise De usura (On Interest) - with usury .
His intervention in the affairs of the University of Paris with an edict of August 1215, especially the discussions that broke out after the introduction of the Arabic Aristotle translation, led in 1215 to the prohibition of all Aristotelian writings and their summaries ( Summæ de eiusdem ). At the same time he renewed the condemnation of the pantheists David of Dinant and Amalrich of Bena , but also approved the use of the Aristotelian works.
literature
- Henry Denifle : Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis. Vol. I. Paris 1889, pp. 72, 78
- Maurice De Wulf: History of Medieval Philosophy. English translation by P. Coffey. New York 1909, p. 252
- Bruno W. Häuptli: Robert von Courson. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 1148-1152.
Web links
- Robert of Courson. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 22, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Curzon, Robert. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
- ^ Historic Anglican Cardinals , anglicanritecatholicchurch.org
- ^ Jürgen Miethke : Pope, local bishop and university in the Parisian theological trials of the 13th century . In: Albert Zimmermann (ed.): The disputes at the Paris University in the XIII. Century . de Gruyter, Berlin, 1976, ISBN 3-11-005986-X , pp. 52–94, here pp. 56–58.
- ^ Jacques Le Goff : Art. Work. Part V: Middle Ages . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE), Vol. 3, pp. 626–635, here p. 631.
- ^ Heinrich Seuse Denifle : Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis tomus I. Paris 1889.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert of Courson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robertus de Curceto; Courson, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kedleston , Derbyshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1219 |
| Place of death | Damiette |