The dynamics of learning in early modern Italy : arts and medicine at the University of Bologna / David A. Lines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lines, David A., author.

Series:

I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.

I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Study and teaching--Italy.

Arts.

Medicine--Study and teaching--Italy.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 519 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"A long-standing tradition holds that universities in early modern Italy suffered from cultural sclerosis and long-term decline. Drawing on rich archival sources, including teaching records, David Lines shows that one of Italy's leading institutions, the University of Bologna, displayed remarkable vitality in the arts and medicine"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES AND TABLES

Introduction: A Habitation of Learning and Wisdom

Part I The Institutional and Cultural Context

1 The Academic Community and Its Overseers

2 Teaching and Learning

3 The University in Context

4 The Culture of the Book

Part II New Directions and Developments in University Learning

5 The Rise of the Humanities

6 Specialization and Scientific Innovation

7 From Theory to Practice

8 The Religious Turn

Epilogue

APPENDIX: PREFACE TO THE TEACHING ROLL FROM 1586 –1587

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 20, 2022).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-29003-8

OCLC:

1343104724