A divided Hungary in Europe. Volume 1, Study tours and intellectual-religious relationships : exchanges, networks and representations, 1541-1699 / edited by Gabor Almasi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almási, Gábor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungary--Civilization--16th century.

Hungary.

Hungary--Civilization--17th century.

Hungary--Relations--Europe.

Europe--Relations--Hungary.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 286 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite fragmentation, heterogeneity and the continuous pressure of the Ottoman Empire, early modern "divided Hungary" witnessed a surprising cultural flourishing in the sixteenth century, and maintained its common cultural identity in the seventeenth century. This could hardly have been possible without intense exchange with the rest of Europe.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; TOURING EUROPE; CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARDS STUDYTOURS AMONG THE TRANSYLVANIAN ELITE; FROM PADUA TO LEIDEN; THE INFLUENCE OF DUTCH UNIVERSITIESON THE EDUCATION OF SEVENTEENTHCENTURYHUNGARIAN INTELLECTUALS; BRIDGES TO KÖNIGSBERG; THE ROLE OF ALBERT SZENCI MOLNÁRIN THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND POLITICALKNOWLEDGE AMONG THE EUROPEANCALVINIST PRINCIPALITIES IN THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; HENRY OLDENBURG AND THE MINES OF HUNGARY; ALCHEMY AND THE JESUITS; MARTINUS CSELES, SJ, BROTHER JULIANUS,AND THE REDISCOVERY OF MAGNA HUNGARIA; LOCAL ACCESS TO GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIAAND THE EUROPEAN PUBLISHING CENTRES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYFOREIGN MUSICIANS AND THEIR INFLUENCEIN SIXTEENTH- AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURYHUNGARY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2015).

ISBN:

9781443872942

1443872946

OCLC:

907641145