The reach of the republic of letters
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Brill (NL) |
| ISBN-13 | 9789004169555 |
| Open Library | OL16980321W |
| Total publications | 3 |
| Coverage period | 2008 - 2008 |
| Language | EN |
Present-day scholarship holds that the Italian academies were the model for the European literary and learned society. This volume questions the ‘Italian paradigm’ and discusses the literary and learned associations in Italy and Spain – explicitly called academies – as well as others in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The flourishing of these organizations from the fifteenth century onwards coincided chronologically with the growth of performative literary culture, the technological innovation of the printing press, the establishment of early humanist networks, and the growing impact of classical and humanist ideas, concepts, and forms on vernacular culture. One of the questions this volume raises is whether and how these societies related to these developments and to the world of Learning and the Republic of Letters.
The Reach of the Republic of Letters
Present-day scholarship holds that the Italian academies were the model for the European literary and learned society. This volume questions the ‘Italian paradigm’ and discusses the literary and learned associations in Italy and Spain – explicitly called academies – as well as others in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The flourishing of these organizations from the fifteenth century onwards coincided chronologically with the growth of perfo…
The reach of the republic of letters
Chapter Four. Chambers Of Rhetoric
That some local groups had great importance in literary activities at the end of the Middle Ages is evident. From the nineteenth century on, scholars have already underlined the importance of such groups in the French-speaking towns and cities of the Southern Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, while some groups such as the Puys de Notre Dame have recently been studied in depth, we still lack a global study of other gro…
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The Reach of the Republic of Letters
Present-day scholarship holds that the Italian academies were the model for the European literary and learned society. This volume questions the ‘Italian paradigm’ and discusses the literary and learned associations in Italy and Spain – explicitly called academies – as well as others in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. The flourishing of these organizations from the fifteenth century onwards coincided chronologically with the growth of perfo…
The reach of the republic of letters
Chapter Four. Chambers Of Rhetoric
That some local groups had great importance in literary activities at the end of the Middle Ages is evident. From the nineteenth century on, scholars have already underlined the importance of such groups in the French-speaking towns and cities of the Southern Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. However, while some groups such as the Puys de Notre Dame have recently been studied in depth, we still lack a global study of other gro…