03213nam 2200673 a 450 991045079090332120200520144314.01-317-03718-91-317-03717-01-281-09953-897866110995340-7546-8672-8(CKB)1000000000412879(EBL)438825(OCoLC)648339689(SSID)ssj0000131131(PQKBManifestationID)11159754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131131(PQKBWorkID)10017985(PQKB)10963716(MiAaPQ)EBC438825(Au-PeEL)EBL438825(CaPaEBR)ebr10211047(CaONFJC)MIL109953(EXLCZ)99100000000041287920060929d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cosmographia of Sebastian Münster[electronic resource] describing the world in the Reformation /Matthew McLeanAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20071 online resource (393 p.)St. Andrews studies in Reformation historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-5843-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371) and index.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; IndexSebastian 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 horizons of the sixteenth century are explored and revealed. Of interest to scholars of humanist culture, the Reformation and book history, this ambitious work throws into relief previously overlooked aspSt. Andrews studies in Reformation history.GeographyEarly works to 1800CosmographyEarly works to 1800Intellectual life16th centuryReformationElectronic books.GeographyCosmographyIntellectual lifeReformation.940.2/32072McLean Matthew(Matthew Adam),1975-891170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450790903321The cosmographia of Sebastian Münster1990498UNINA