Aspects of Knowledge - Preserving and Reinventing Traditions of Learning in the Middle AgesPevná vazba
This innovative volume sets out to explore the ways in which knowledge was preserved and reinvented in the Middle Ages. Eschewing traditional categories of periodisation and discipline, it works to…
Specifikacia Aspects of Knowledge - Preserving and Reinventing Traditions of Learning in the Middle AgesPevná vazba
This innovative volume sets out to explore the ways in which knowledge was preserved and reinvented in the Middle Ages. Eschewing traditional categories of periodisation and discipline, it works to establish connections and cross-sections between different departments of knowledge, from the history of science to theology and music.The book is divided into four parts, which provide the reader with a thematic framework for approaching aspects of knowledge. Part I (Anthologies of knowledge) considers the transmission of learning in collections of texts that not only preserve existing knowledge but also develop and add to it. Part II (Transmission of Christian traditions) examines how aspects of Christian tradition are constructed and then appropriated and used over time. Part III (Past and present) illustrates how the past interacts with the culture and politics of the