Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400-1750) : A Research Companion / Xander Feys [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feys, Xander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--History.

Science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2025.

Summary:

<strong>The first comprehensive guide dedicated solely to research on Latin-European early modern student notes.</strong>The many preserved collections of student notes from the early modern period - ranging from neatly maintained notebooks to barely legible scribbles crammed between lines of printed text - hold considerable but largely untapped potential as an historical source. At the same time, the analysis of these notes poses significant challenges for scholars. This book aims to be a concise and accessible companion for scholars interested in engaging with this young and burgeoning research field. Written by a diverse group of specialists from across Europe and the US, it explores the various technical and practical aspects involved in reading, interpreting, and editing student notes, while also demonstrating how these sources can enrich various areas of historical research. Indeed, student notes reveal that early modern lecture halls were often more dynamic, diverse, and creative than we might have expected.

Contents:

Introduction Raf Van Rooy and Maxime Maleux, on behalf of the editors 1. Education in early modern Latin Europe: A scene from Leuven 2. Structure of the research companion 3. Why Leuven? Acknowledgments Notes ReferencesPart I-The Basics of Student Notes ResearchChapter 1-The Making of Student Notes Ann M. Blair 1. The survival of student notes 2. The forms of student notes 3. Methods of note-taking in the classroom 4. What can and cannot be learned from student notes Notes Suggestions for further reading ReferencesChapter 2-Getting a First Grasp of Student Notes Raf Van Rooy and Xander Feys 1. Introduction 2. Referentiality, fragmentariness, and provenance 3. Paleography 4. Drawing up a typology for student notes 4.1. Form 4.2. Structure 4.3. Contents 5. Conclusion 6. Exercise Notes References Transcription and model solutionChapter 3-The Materiality of the Student Notebook Jarrik Van Der Biest 1. Introduction 2. From paper mill to preservation 3. Analysis 3.1. Quire structure 3.2. Distribution of watermarks 3.3. Dates 3.4. Textual divisions, codicological blocks Notes Thematic bibliographyChapter 4-Book History: The Basics with Two Case Studies Natasha Constantinidou, Dieter Cammaerts, and Violet Soen 1. Introduction 2. An increasingly interdisciplinary field 3. Production and distribution of printed books 4. From production to consumption: An inquiry into material objects 5. Analyzing printed text editions: Aspects of book history in practice 6. Conclusions Notes Thematic bibliographyChapter 5-How to Make Student Notes Accessible Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Choose wisely from the start 2.1. Diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcription 2.2. XML 2.3. The act of transcribing: Benefits and tools 2.4. Good practices 3. Conclusion Notes ReferencesStudent Notes ToolkitPart II-The Potential of Student Notes ResearchChapter 6-History of Education Daniel Gehrt and Michael Stolberg 1. Introduction 2. The diversity and flexibility of basic academic education 3. Training for professional practice: Medical students' notebooks 4. Conclusion Notes ReferencesChapter 7-Intellectual History Lorenz Demey, Marc Laureys, Maxime Maleux, and Andy Peetermans 1. Introduction 2. Revolutionary rhetoric versus didactic continuity: Juvenal in Bologna 3. Official policies versus didactic non-conformism: The university of Leuven and the Wegestreit 4. Textbook canonicity versus didactic creativity 4.1. Aristotelian diagrams beyond the square of opposition 4.2. Hebrew in Leuven and Paris 5. Conclusion Notes ReferencesChapter 8-Book History Xander Feys and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Book circulation 3. Interleaving for intermezzi 4. Student practices in handling books and their flaws 5. Pedagogic pragmatism 6. Conclusion Notes ReferencesChapter 9-Visual History Alicja Bielak and Gwendoline de Mûelenaere 1. Introduction 2. Visual elements in notebooks 2.1. Heterogeneous visual languages 2.2. Diagrams 2.3. The materiality of the image 3. Classification of images in student notebooks 3.1. Traditional university iconography 3.2. Scientific drawings and engravings 3.3. Symbolic language 4. Emblems as didactic and mnemonic devices 4.1. Scientific emblemata 4.2. Recuperation of emblematic devices 4.3. Emblems as memory aids 5. Conclusion Notes ReferencesChapter 10-History of Orality Tomás Antonio Valle and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Conversational culture at Wittenberg university c. 1550 3. The oral/aural challenges of teaching and learning 4. Conclusion Notes References Further readingChapter 11-Socio-Cultural History Maximilian Schuh, Xander Feys, and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Case study 1: The arts faculties at Uppsala and Ingolstadt 2.1. Uppsala 2.2. Ingolstadt 3. Case study 2: Triangular teaching in Milan in about 1465 4. Case study 3: Aeneid 12 and the Turkish threat 5. Conclusion Notes References Multilingual Glossary.

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ISBN:

94-6166-641-1

94-6166-640-3

OCLC:

1545796889