Contextualizing practical knowledge in early modern Europe / Abbeneie D. G. Leemans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leemans, Annemie D.G, author.

Series:

CITCEM studies in literature ; v.13.

Citcem studies in literature ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.

European literature.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Peter Lang GmbH, [2020]

Summary:

The topic of this book is practical knowledge in early modern Europe, interpreted widely as recipes containing art procedures or medical panaceas between 1400 and 1700. In this book, the 1) origin or creation, 2) transmission or dissemination, and 3) use or consumption are key subjects for understanding the place of practical knowledge in early modern European society. After a historiographical and theoretical approach, this book applies Deleuze and Guattari's rhizome metaphor to art technological literature. The first part ends with a study about medical practitioners and mediators who disseminate practical knowledge through the printing press. The second part of the book is entirely dedicated to the booklet A Very Proper Treatise (1573), using a microhistory approach to study it.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783631780442

3631780443

OCLC:

1103983339

Publisher Number:

99984107609