| The Berlin Refuge 1680-1780: Learning and Science in European Context Contributor(s): Pott, Sandra (Editor), Mulsow, Martin (Editor), Danneberg, Lutz (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004125612 ISBN-13: 9789004125612 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2003 Annotation: This volume deals with the intellectual Huguenot Refuge (ca 16801780), discussing its philosophical, theological, historical, and literary aspects in European context. It uses Berlin as its regional point of departure: In the French-Protestant community of Berlin, the erudites rapidly established networks which pursued a very wide range of interest, communicating with every Protestant scholar who might contribute to the dissemination of Enlightened thought. The first part of the book, therefore, introduces the biggest and most complex centre of the Refuge in Germany. Whereas the second and third part examine different fields of knowledge, the fourth focusses on the topic of dissemination. All contributions present new materialbe it on 'Huguenot' hermeneutics, journalism, history, or on the relationship between Berlin and the United Provinces. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 943.155 |
| LCCN: 2003045371 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.44" W x 9.64" (1.36 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
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| Publisher Description: This volume deals with the intellectual Huguenot Refuge (ca 1680-1780), discussing its philosophical, theological, historical, and literary aspects in European context. It uses Berlin as its regional point of departure: In the French-Protestant community of Berlin, the erudites rapidly established networks which pursued a very wide range of interest, communicating with every Protestant scholar who might contribute to the dissemination of Enlightened thought. The first part of the book, therefore, introduces the biggest and most complex centre of the Refuge in Germany. Whereas the second and third part examine different fields of knowledge, the fourth focusses on the topic of dissemination. All contributions present new material-be it on 'Huguenot' hermeneutics, journalism, history, or on the relationship between Berlin and the United Provinces. Contributors include: Lutz Danneberg, Joris van Eijnatten, Herbert Jaumann, John Christian Laursen, Fabrizio Lomonaco, Martin Mulsow, Fiammetta Palladini, Sandra Pott, and Annett Volmer. |