Alan Ross

Daum's boys (eBook, ePUB)

Schools and the Republic of Letters in early modern Germany

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784991715
• Artikelnr.: 44054250

Autorenporträt

Alan S. Ross is Postdoctoral Fellow in Early Modern History at Humboldt University, Berlin

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'A veritable gem': culture, authority and education in
early modern Zwickau 2. The finished scholar: convincing oneself and
convincing others 3. The virtues of diversity: pedagogical innovation and
contested curricula 4. The pupils: educational strategies and social
mobility 5. Violent aspirations: pupils' transgression and the spectre of
university 6. Networks, patronage and exploitation: correspondence and the
next generation of scholars Conclusion: Civic communities, humanist
education and the 'Age of Enlightenment' Appendices Bibliography Index