Latin Scientific Literature, 1450-1850

During the early modern period, the emergence of modern science took place mainly in Latin, the international language of educated discourse. However, the Latin literature in which most new insights were presented at that time has never been studied as a whole and in its own right. This book provides the first overview of this vast body of texts.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1.1: Science


• 1.2: Latin


• 1.3: Literature


• 1.4: Print


• 2.1: Disclosing sources


• 2.2: Presenting facts


• 2.3: Arguing


• 2.4: Summarizing knowledge


• 2.5: Publicizing science


• Conclusion

About the author

Martin Korenjak studied Greek, Latin, and linguistics at the University of Innsbruck. He wrote his PhD thesis on Lucan's Bellum Civile in Heidelberg. He worked at the University of Innsbruck from 1996 to 2003, becoming assistant professor after his 'Habilitation' with a book on the role of the audience in the eloquence of the Second Sophistic. He became full professor at Bern in 2003. In 2009, he returned to Innsbruck. He won an ERC Advanced Grant in 2017, the Tiroler Landespreis für Wissenschaft in 2018, and became a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2019.

Summary

During the early modern period, the emergence of modern science took place mainly in Latin, the international language of educated discourse. However, the Latin literature in which most new insights were presented at that time has never been studied as a whole and in its own right. This book provides the first overview of this vast body of texts.

Product details

• Authors: Korenjak , Martin Korenjak, Prof Martin (Professor of Greek and Lati Korenjak
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2023
• EAN: 9780198866053
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886605-3
• No. of pages: 538
• Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Modern / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance