LEADER 04576nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910779142203321 005 20230721020711.0 010 $a1-283-89057-7 010 $a0-8122-0229-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202298 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104542 035 $a(OCoLC)794702347 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11374024 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591905 035 $a(PQKB)11131108 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441639 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18476 035 $a(DE-B1597)449087 035 $a(OCoLC)1013948897 035 $a(OCoLC)979631042 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202298 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441639 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576079 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420307 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104542 100 $a20081125d2009 mb 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAuthorship and publicity before print$b[electronic resource] $eJean Gerson and the transformation of late medieval learning /$fDaniel Hobbins 210 $aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (348 p.) 225 1 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4155-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations and Maps -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Gerson as Bookman: Prescribing ''the Common School of Theological Truth'' -- $t2. Justifying Authorship: New Diseases and New Cures -- $t3. A Tour of Medieval Authorship: Late Works and Poetry -- $t4. Literary Expression: Logic, Rhetoric, and Scholarly Vice -- $t5. The Schoolman as Public Intellectual: Implications of the Late Medieval Tract -- $t6. Publishing Before Print (1): A Series of Publishing Moments -- $t7. Publishing Before Print (2): From Coterie Readership to Massive Market -- $tConclusion -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tAppendix: Gerson Manuscripts in Carthusian and Celestine Monasteries -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex of Manuscripts -- $tIndex of Works by Gerson -- $tGeneral Index -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aWidely recognized by contemporaries as the most powerful theologian of his generation, Jean Gerson (1363-1429) dominated the stage of western Europe during a time of plague, fratricidal war, and religious schism. Yet modern scholarship has struggled to define Gerson's place in history, even as it searches for a compelling narrative to tell the story of his era.Daniel Hobbins argues for a new understanding of Gerson as a man of letters actively managing the publication of his works in a period of rapid expansion in written culture. More broadly, Hobbins casts Gerson as a mirror of the complex cultural and intellectual shifts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. In contrast to earlier theologians, Gerson took a more humanist approach to reading and to authorship. He distributed his works, both Latin and French, to a more diverse medieval public. And he succeeded in reaching a truly international audience of readers within his lifetime. Through such efforts, Gerson effectively embodies the aspirations of a generation of writers and intellectuals. Removed from the narrow confines of late scholastic theology and placed into a broad interdisciplinary context, his writings open a window onto the fascinating landscape of fifteenth-century Europe.The picture of late medieval culture that emerges from this study offers neither a specter of decaying scholasticism nor a triumphalist narrative of budding humanism and reform. Instead, Hobbins describes a period of creative and dynamic growth, when new attitudes toward writing and debate demanded and eventually produced new technologies of the written word. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aAuthorship$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aBooks and reading$zEurope$xHistory$yTo 1500 610 $aHistory. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 615 0$aAuthorship$xHistory 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a282.092 700 $aHobbins$b Daniel$f1966-$01519675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779142203321 996 $aAuthorship and publicity before print$93757918 997 $aUNINA