Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context

This volume offers a wide-ranging overview of the 16th-18th century disputation culture in various European regions. Its focus is on printed disputations as a polyvalent media form which brings together many of the elements that contributed to the cultural and scientific changes during the early modern period.

About the author

Meelis Friedenthal, Ph.D. (2008, Tartu) is Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual History at the University of Tartu. He has published edited volumes and articles on early modern book history, theology and philosophy.

Hanspeter Marti, Dr. phil. (1980, Basel) is head of the Arbeitsstelle für kulturwissenschaftliche Forschungen in Engi/Switzerland. He has published monographs, edited volumes and articles on early modern cultural history. His research focuses on the history of disputations.

Robert Seidel, Dr. phil. (1994, Heidelberg) is Professor of German literature at the Goethe-University, Frankfort on the Main. He has published books and articles on German and Latin literature of the early modern period as well as critical editions of several Neo-Latin authors.

Product details

• Assisted by: Meelis Friedenthal (Editor), Hanspeter Marti (Editor), Robert Seidel (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2020
• EAN: 9789004436190
• ISBN: 978-90-04-43619-0
• No. of pages: 936
• Weight: 1840 g
• Series: Intersections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries