Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1093716

Funded Activity Summary

Ethics and encyclopaedic culture in 13th-century France: adaptation, diffusion and contexts of innovation in the Speculum morale and its sources. This project will contribute to awareness of the ethical foundations of the Western intellectual tradition, both philosophical and religious, through studying an influential encyclopaedia of ethical instruction from 1300, known as the Speculum morale and its relationship to the evolution of ethical teaching in France during the 13th century. It will develop text similarity detection software for use with Latin texts, and by implication within humanistic studies more generally. Through connecting with an international research project into medieval encyclopaedic culture, it will enable Australian expertise in both medieval studies and information technology to become internationally recognised.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2010

End Date: 31-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $248,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas | Christian Theology (Incl. Biblical Studies And Church History) | History: European

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Religion and ethics not elsewhere | Computer software and services not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Christian Theology (Incl. Biblical Studies And Church History) | Computer software and services not elsewhere classified | Historical Studies | History Of Philosophy And History Of Ideas | History: European | Religion and ethics not elsewhere | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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