Robert Grosseteste was an unusual combination of scientist and theologian, acclaimed by modern theorists as "...the central figure in England in the intellectual movement during the first half of the thirteenth century." Grosseteste wrote prolifically...

The English churchman and statesman Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) played an important role in the politics of his time. He was also a major English medieval writer and thinker. Robert Grosseteste was born at Stradbrooke, Suffolk, of humble parents....

Robert Grosseteste belonged to a generation of Anglo-Normans who benefited greatly from the enlightened high-school education of twelfth-century England. Coming from a family of serfs, he rose through the ranks to become magister scholarum (master of...

Grosseteste, Robert [addendum] Since the mid-1970s, further research into Grosseteste's biography has produced more uncertainty than any new detail. His putative birth date and his humble beginnings are unquestioned, but the first twenty years...

c. 1175-1253 English Physicist and Philosopher Though he is perhaps best known as the teacher of Roger Bacon (1213-1292), Robert Grosseteste distinguished himself as a scientist in his own right. He wrote on astronomy, discussing comets and advancing a...

Grosseteste, Robert(C. 1168–1253) Robert Grosseteste was one of the most influential Englishmen of his day—initiator of the English scientific tradition, one of the first chancellors of Oxford University, a famous teacher and commentator...

Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175 – October 9, 1253), English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C. Crombie calls him "the real founder of the tradition of...

Robert Grosseteste. By James McEvoy. [Great Medieval Thinkers. ] (New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xx, 219. $35.00.) James McEvoy surely knows Robert Grosseteste better than anyone has since the thirteenth century. Which makes McEvoy the natural choice to write the volume...

Editing Robert Grosseteste, ed. Evelyn A. Mackie and Joseph Goering (Toronto, Buffalo, NY, and London: University of Toronto Press, 2003). xv + 208 pp. ISBN 0-8020-8841-4. $39.95/25.00 [pounds sterling]. This book is a report of a conference held in Toronto on the...

In the following essay, McEvoy argues that Grosseteste's popular treatise on the decalogue was written for a well-educated clerical public; that its most notable doctrinal theme is Christian love; and that it comments favorably on the structure of feudal society while also pointing out and castigating abuses within that system.

In the following essay, Southern examines contrasting interpretations of Grosseteste's ideas, demonstrating how commentators perceive Grosseteste as both a moderate figure representative of papal reform and an eccentric extremist.

In the following essay, Stevenson discusses Grosseteste's literary and academic activities between 1239 and 1244, including his efforts in promoting the revival of learning, his translations of The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, and other writings.