Mariateresa Fumagalli Beonio Brocchieri (Milan, 12 June 1933) is an Italian historian of philosophy.
Biography.
After obtaining a teaching qualification in History of Philosophy, she became a full History of Medieval Philosophy professor at the University of Milan from 1980 to 2008.
She founded the "Quodlibet" series, which published seventeen volumes between 1986 and 2009 with the Bergamo-based publisher Lubrina. She co-directed the series together with medievalists Luca Bianchi and Massimo Parodi.
She was a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Buenos Aires and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Until December 2017, she was a member of the editorial board of the "Journal of History of Philosophy" ("Rivista di Storia della Filosofia"), founded by her mentor, Mario Dal Pra.
From 1988 to 2003, she collaborated with the cultural supplement of the Italian national daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
She was co-director of the "History of Philosophy Series" ("Collana di Storia della Filosofia", FrancoAngeli, Milan), co-director of "Doctor Virtualis", an online and print journal of medieval philosophy, and a member of the scientific committee of the journal "Nuova Civiltà delle Macchine".
Throughout her academic and scientific career, she published dozens of essays, focusing primarily on the history of medieval philosophy, medieval political thought, the presence of women in the intellectual landscape of the Middle Ages, and key figures such as Abelard, John Wycliffe, Hildegard of Bingen and Frederick II of Swabia. Her work has combined scholarly precision with a divulgative intent, gaining recognition in the academic world and among a broader readership.
She authored a "History of Medieval Philosophy with Massimo Parodi", a logical and comprehensive representation of medieval philosophical thought. Based on a study of primary sources and the most recent scholarship, this work demonstrates the continuity and complexity of medieval philosophy, which is closely related to theology. In this essay, Mariateresa Beonio Brocchieri and Massimo Parodi focus particularly on key philosophers and major theoretical issues, striving to present a balanced account of the logical, epistemological, metaphysical and scientific debates that were beginning to take shape in medieval universities across Europe.