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Reformation and Education: Confessional Dynamics and Intellectual Transformations

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    SYSNO ASEP0557378
    Document TypeM - Monograph Chapter
    R&D Document TypeMonograph Chapter
    TitleStrategies for Adapting Knowledge: Melanchthon’s Natural Philosophy in the Czech Lands, 1540 to 1590
    Author(s) Storchová, Lucie (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Source TitleReformation and Education: Confessional Dynamics and Intellectual Transformations. - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022 / Burton S. J. G. ; Baines M. C. - ISBN 978-3-525-56055-6
    Pagess. 177-207
    Number of pages31 s.
    Number of pages292
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryDE - Germany
    Keywordsnatural philosophy ; Philipp Melanchthon ; anatomy ; astrology ; comet ; Wittenberg ; Homer ; Vergil ; De anima ; cultural exchange
    Subject RIVAA - Philosophy ; Religion
    OECD categoryPhilosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
    R&D ProjectsGA19-02938S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportFLU-F - RVO:67985955
    AnnotationThe article deals with transformations of early modern knowledge during cultural exchanges. Using the example of scholars based at the Utraquist university in Prague from the 1550s onwards, it discusses how specific knowledge of the natural and social order that had been influenced by Philipp Melanchthonʼs natural philosophy (especially in the fields of anatomy and astrology) was adapted to new cultural environments in the Czech lands. The author shows that Prague university professors privileged some fields of natural philosophy while eschewing others and used various strategies to simplify knowledge. This simplification took place for pedagogical reasons and as part of their effort to fight civil disobedience through their vernacular works.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Philosophy
    ContactChlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360
    Year of Publishing2023
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