LEADER 03251nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910825723803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-61505-3 010 $a1-317-03718-9 010 $a1-317-03717-0 010 $a1-281-09953-8 010 $a9786611099534 010 $a0-7546-8672-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412879 035 $a(EBL)438825 035 $a(OCoLC)648339689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131131 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159754 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131131 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017985 035 $a(PQKB)10963716 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211047 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109953 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438825 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB161261 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412879 100 $a20060929d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cosmographia of Sebastian Munster $edescribing the world in the Reformation /$fMatthew McLean 210 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (393 pages) 225 1 $aSt. Andrews studies in Reformation history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-5843-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Sebastian Mu?nster: 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 Mu?nster's Cosmographia: Evaluating Man, Celebrating his Works and Interpreting the Book of the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSebastian Mu?nster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. Through this examination of Mu?nster, his publications and scholarly networks, the conflicts and continuities between medieval scholarly traditions and the widening horizons of the sixteenth century are explored and revealed. Of interest to scholars of humanist culture, the Reformation and book history, this ambitious work throws into relief previously overlooked asp 410 0$aSt. Andrews studies in Reformation history. 606 $aGeography$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aCosmography$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aIntellectual life$y16th century 606 $aReformation 615 0$aGeography 615 0$aCosmography 615 0$aIntellectual life 615 0$aReformation. 676 $a940.2/32072 700 $aMcLean$b Matthew$g(Matthew Adam),$f1975-$01706188 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825723803321 996 $aThe cosmographia of Sebastian Munster$94204484 997 $aUNINA