Die Praktiken der Gelehrsamkeit in der Frühen Neuzeit

Up to the 18th century science and learning was largely an activity concerned with 'scholarly' knowledge: reading, learning, summarizing, compiling, editing and interpreting established knowledge. Here, thirteen international experts examine scholarly practices prevalent in the early modern age and the social and cultural conditions and contexts in which they were operative. Central topics are knowledge acquisition techniques and the media employed to that end (reading and summarizing), the ...