The cosmographia of Sebastian Munster : describing the world in the Reformation / Matthew McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLean, Matthew (Matthew Adam), 1975-

Series:

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia.

Münster, Sebastian.

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

Cosmography--Early works to 1800.

Cosmography.

Intellectual life--16th century.

Intellectual life.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Sebastian Münster: 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 Münster's Cosmographia: Evaluating Man, Celebrating his Works and Interpreting the Book of the World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-371) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-61505-3

1-317-03718-9

1-317-03717-0

1-281-09953-8

9786611099534

0-7546-8672-8

9781315615059

OCLC:

648339689