Authorship and Publicity Before Print : : Jean Gerson and the Transformation of Late Medieval Learning / / Daniel Hobbins.
Widely recognized by contemporaries as the most powerful theologian of his generation, Jean Gerson (1363-1429) dominated the stage of western Europe during a time of plague, fratricidal war, and religious schism. Yet modern scholarship has struggled to define Gerson's place in history, even as...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 21 illus. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Gerson as Bookman: Prescribing ''the Common School of Theological Truth'' -- 2. Justifying Authorship: New Diseases and New Cures -- 3. A Tour of Medieval Authorship: Late Works and Poetry -- 4. Literary Expression: Logic, Rhetoric, and Scholarly Vice -- 5. The Schoolman as Public Intellectual: Implications of the Late Medieval Tract -- 6. Publishing Before Print (1): A Series of Publishing Moments -- 7. Publishing Before Print (2): From Coterie Readership to Massive Market -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Appendix: Gerson Manuscripts in Carthusian and Celestine Monasteries -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- Index of Works by Gerson -- General Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Summary: | Widely recognized by contemporaries as the most powerful theologian of his generation, Jean Gerson (1363-1429) dominated the stage of western Europe during a time of plague, fratricidal war, and religious schism. Yet modern scholarship has struggled to define Gerson's place in history, even as it searches for a compelling narrative to tell the story of his era.Daniel Hobbins argues for a new understanding of Gerson as a man of letters actively managing the publication of his works in a period of rapid expansion in written culture. More broadly, Hobbins casts Gerson as a mirror of the complex cultural and intellectual shifts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. In contrast to earlier theologians, Gerson took a more humanist approach to reading and to authorship. He distributed his works, both Latin and French, to a more diverse medieval public. And he succeeded in reaching a truly international audience of readers within his lifetime. Through such efforts, Gerson effectively embodies the aspirations of a generation of writers and intellectuals. Removed from the narrow confines of late scholastic theology and placed into a broad interdisciplinary context, his writings open a window onto the fascinating landscape of fifteenth-century Europe.The picture of late medieval culture that emerges from this study offers neither a specter of decaying scholasticism nor a triumphalist narrative of budding humanism and reform. Instead, Hobbins describes a period of creative and dynamic growth, when new attitudes toward writing and debate demanded and eventually produced new technologies of the written word. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780812202298 9783110413458 9783110413472 9783110459548 |
DOI: | 10.9783/9780812202298 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Daniel Hobbins. |