Author
Olivier Boulnois
Olivier Boulnois is Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, where he holds the chair in medieval philosophy and metaphysics. He is a member of the French editorial board of Communio.
Bibliography
Articles in Communio
4 Articles
From Medieval Dominium to Modern Property
Appears in Property · Summer 2026 · Vol. 53, No. 2, 211–236
“The natural right to property rests directly on the freedom of the acting subject. The supposedly modern concept of property rights is, in this sense, a medieval invention.”
Most High Poverty: The Challenge of the Franciscan Experiment
Appears in Poverty and Kenosis · Fall 2015 · Vol. 42, No. 3
Franciscan poverty became the starting point for a mendicant order unlike any monastic order that had previously existed.
The Modernity of the Middle Ages
Appears in Christian Today Perils and Prospects · Summer 2003 · Vol. 30, No. 2
The Concept of God After Theodicy
Appears in Providence · Fall 2002 · Vol. 29, No. 3
“It is the Son himself who is the Providence of the Father.”