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Peter of Poitiers

(c. 1125—1205)


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(d. 1205)

Probable student of Peter Lombard, master of theology (1167), and chancellor of the University of Paris (1193–1205). Peter and his contemporaries helped pioneer the scholastic method by applying dialectics and grammar to the study of theology.

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Peter of Poitiers (1205)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 67 words
Peter of Poitiers (c.1125)
in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Length: 224 words

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