medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I know the cases probably don't match (it looks like "facultas" is
nominative and "liberam," accusative) but how about "free will"?
MG
>From: Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [M-R] translation of 'facultas liberam'
>Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:19:03 +0100
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>I've come across the phrase 'facultas liberam' in a 13thC petition and
>would like to know if it's a standard one, and if so how one would
>translate it. Niermeyer ducks out of translating 'liber', referring
>readers to various scholarly articles in German (which I can't follow well
>enough), but I'd be perticularly interested to know if it can mean 'free
>from sin' as well as 'free from restraint'. The petitioner is asking for a
>number of different things, and 'free faculty' and 'free patrimony' are
>both possible translations in the context, so it would be most helpful to
>know if others have come across the phrase.
>
>many thanks for any suggestions
>
>Laura
>
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