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Pre-Modern Encyclopaedic Texts. Proceedings of the Second Comers Congress, Groningen, 1-4 July 1996

Door Peter Binkley

Categorie
Filosofie
Boeknummer
#229128
Titel
Pre-Modern Encyclopaedic Texts. Proceedings of the Second Comers Congress, Groningen, 1-4 July 1996
Auteur
Binkley, Peter
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Leiden/New York/Koln, E.J. Brill
Jaar van uitgave
1997
ISBN10
9004108300
ISBN13
9789004108301
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History - Volume 79
Samenvatting
Pre-Modern Encyclopaedic Texts presents the proceedings of the second COMERS congress, the successor to Centres of Learning (Brill, 1995). Like its predecessor it contains in ancient, medieval and renaissance Europe and the Near East. Although the genre of encyclopaedia was defined and named only in modern times, texts that aspire to the encyclopaedic ideals of utility and comprehensiveness are found throughout recorded history. They respond to and shape ideas about the natural world, human history, and the nature and limits of human knowledge. The present volume comprises five extended essays on the problems and opportunities facing researchers into encyclopaedic texts, and 21 research papers on specific topics. It will be of interest to a general university audience as an interdisciplina... (Lees verder)ry project, as well as to specialists in the various disciplines covered. Contributors include: Wout Jac. van Bekkem, Maaike van Berkel, Peter Binkley, Robert L. Fowler, John B. Friedman, Geert Jan van Gelder, Guy Guldentops, Hilary Kilpatrick, Juris Lidaka, Ulrich Marzolph, John North, Brian W. Ogilvie, G. J. Reinink, Vincent C. Renstrom, Bernard Ribemont, Kimberly Rivers, Bert Roest, E. C. Ronquist, Catherine Rubincam, E. L. Saak, William Schipper, Frank Trombley, Michael W. Twomey, Jan R. Veenstra, and William N. West.
Pagina's
433
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 80,00

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