Introduction -- Res publica of letters -- Engaged philosophy -- Philosophy after Pharsalus -- The invention of Rome -- Coopting the cosmos -- Conclusion. "An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic-and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war. In T…
"An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic-and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war. In The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first cen…
"An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic-and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war. In The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first cen…
"Early Modern Universities: Networks of Higher Education" publishes twenty essays on early modern institutional academic networks and the history of the book. The case studies examine universities, schools, and academies across a wide geographical range throughout Europe, and in…
Introduction / Anja-Silvia Goeing, Glyn Parry, and Mordechai Feingoldpart -- Colleges and the University of Paris, professors and students, religion and politics : some remarks on the history of Europe in the Late Middle Ages (thirteenth to fifteenth centuries) / Andreas Sohn --…
"This book contains twenty essays by expert scholars of higher learning in the early modern period. Together they discuss topics that historians of universities have largely ignored: notably the extensive collaboration, and occasional conflicts, between university scholars, inst…
"This book contains twenty essays by expert scholars of higher learning in the early modern period. Together they discuss topics that historians of universities have largely ignored: notably the extensive collaboration, and occasional conflicts, between university scholars, inst…
The novels of Charles Brockden Brown redefined the gothic genre but little has been said about the latter years of Brown's career. His later historical narratives are often dismissed as uninteresting, and Brown himself has been accused of having become "a stodgy conservative." T…
Why did linear perspective rise in trecento-quattrocento central Italy rather than in any other cultural context? This book provides new insight into the question of the early Italian pioneership in perspective, building on the fact that many references to optics can be found in…
