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Autore |
McLean Matthew (Matthew Adam), <1975-> |
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Titolo |
The cosmographia of Sebastian Münster [[electronic resource] ] : describing the world in the Reformation / / Matthew McLean |
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Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-03718-9 |
1-317-03717-0 |
1-281-09953-8 |
9786611099534 |
0-7546-8672-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Collana |
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St. Andrews studies in Reformation history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geography |
Cosmography |
Intellectual life - 16th century |
Reformation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Sebastian Münster: A Brief Biography; 2 Sixteenth-century Cosmography: Its Sources, Development and the Extent of its Ambitions; 3 The Cosmographia: Genesis of an Idea, Methods of Realisation, Versions of the Text; 4 From Centre to Periphery: The Organisation, Topics and Content of the Cosmographiae Universalis; 5 Understanding the World of Münster's Cosmographia: Evaluating Man, Celebrating his Works and Interpreting the Book of the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. Through this examination of Münster, his publications and scholarly networks, the conflicts and continuities between medieval scholarly traditions and the widening |
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