Late Medieval and Early Modern Libraries - Outi Merisalo
Knowledge Repositories, Guardians of Tradition and Catalysts of Change
KORTE INHOUD
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2023Uitgever: Brepols Publishers341 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503605974ISBN-13: 9782503605975Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Libraries are an important factor in preserving and transmitting knowledge, thus contributing to historical continuity. The very concept of simultaneous availability of different texts transmitting possibly contradictory ideas, however, implies a great potential for engaging readers in new ways of thinking, thus promoting change. In addition to transmitting texts, historical libraries would often also be perceived as objects of material and spiritual value enhancing the prestige of their owner, e.g...
