A site devoted to the study of
the scolastic philosopher and theologian
Iohannes Maior Hadingtonensis
created by
Ueli Zahnd
in collaboration with
Marcos David Paredes-Sadler
Parts of this site are still under construction. For the time being, there's a database with Mair's printed works, a quite comprehensive bibliography and a link-list available.
If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to contact
the site's creator.
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| 1467 | * in Gleghorine (southern Scotland); grammar school in the nearby Haddington |
| ? | Begin of studies in Cambridge (in the Godhouse, the later Christ’s College) |
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| ~1492 | Paris: artes studies |
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| 1494 | magister artium (at the Collège de Saint Barbe) |
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| 1495 | Teacher of philosophy at the Collège de Montaigu; at the same time inception in theology at the Collège de Navarre |
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| 1506 | magister theologiae
Teaching of philosophy and theology,
publication of numerous works (of his own and of others) |
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| 1517 | Return to Scotland, first as Principal of the Glasgow university, |
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| 1523 | then as treasurer of the ‘Chapel Royal’ at St. Andrews university |
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| 1526 | Return to Paris, revisions of allmost all of his major works |
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| 1528 | Naturalization in France |
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| 1531 | Definite return to Scotland, unknown functions at St. Andrews university |
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| 1550 | † in St. Andrews | |
A (far from complete) database with descriptions of the known printed works of John Mair (currently 63 titles). You can either list them all for a first overview, or use the search screen to get the works on a specific topic.
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An almost complete list of Mair's printed works is to be found in Farge, James K.:
Bibliographical Register of Paris Doctors of Theology, 1500-1536,
Toronto (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) 1980, pp. 308-311.
A database with secondary sources on John Mair. You can either list them all (currently 185 titles), or use the search screen to get the literature on a specific topic.
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An extensive bibliography up to 1978 is to be found in Charles Lohr: «Renaissance Latin Aristotle Commentaries» s.v. Maior
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Renaissance Quarterly 31 [1978], 558s.).
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