| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
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St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-371) and index. |
| Contents |
Sebastian Münster: a brief biography -- Sixteenth-century cosmography: its sources, development and the extent of its ambitions -- The Cosmographia: genesis of an idea, methods of realisation, versions of the text -- From centre to periphery: the organisation, topics and content of the Cosmographiae universalis -- Understanding the world of Münster's Cosmographia: evaluating man, celebrating his works and interpreting the book of the world. |
| Summary |
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 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia.
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Cosmographia (Münster, Sebastian) |
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Geography -- Early works to 1800.
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Geography. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Cosmography -- Early works to 1800.
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Cosmography. |
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Intellectual life -- 16th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Reformation.
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Reformation. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLean, Matthew (Matthew Adam), 1975- Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2006032293 |
| ISBN |
9780754686729 (electronic book) |
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0754686728 (electronic book) |
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0754658430 (alkaline paper) |
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9780754658436 (alkaline paper) |
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9780754658436 (alkaline paper) |
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