Knowledge Lost: A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History Mulsow Martin
Knowledge Lost: A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History Mulsow Martin A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentUntil now the…
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Knowledge Lost: A New View of Early Modern Intellectual History Mulsow Martin
A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentUntil now the history of knowledge has largely been about formal and documented accumulation, concentrating on systems, collections, academies, and institutions. Martin Mulsow tells a different story. The central narrative has been one of advancement, refinement, and expansion.
Knowledge Lost is a history of efforts, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, to counter such loss. Knowledge can be lost: manuscripts are burned, oral learning dies with its bearers, new ideas are suppressed by censors. It describes how critics of ruling political and religious regimes developed tactics to preserve their views; how they buried their ideas in footnotes and allusions; how they circulated their tracts and treatises in handwritten copies; and how they commissioned younger
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