Konrad von Megenbergs Buch von den naturlichen Dingen

This study offers a new interpretation of the "e;Book of Natural Things"e;, a major work by Konrad of Megenberg (1309-1374) written in the vernacular around 1350 in Regensburg. For the first time, the work is put into the context of the 14th-century Faculty of Arts. In addition, this interpretation draws on Megenberg's 8-year teaching career as professor of natural philosophy in Paris and his thematically similar writings in Latin.The volume describes Konrad of Megenberg's intellectual profile and analyzes his process of creating a vernacular scientific discourse based on Latin sources. Albert the Great's paraphrases of Aristotle, as well as the neoplatonic writings of ps.-Albertus Magnus, emerge as significant in positioning of the "e;Book of Natural Things"e; within its philosophical and cultural context.