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Critical Monks : the German Benedictines, 1680-1740 /

Benedictine scholars around 1700, most prominently proponents of historical criticism, have long been regarded as the spearhead of ecclesiastical learning on the brink of Enlightenment, first in France, then in Germany and other parts of Europe. Based on unpublished sources, this book is the first t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wallnig, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Colección:Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, volume 25
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Benedictine scholars around 1700, most prominently proponents of historical criticism, have long been regarded as the spearhead of ecclesiastical learning on the brink of Enlightenment, first in France, then in Germany and other parts of Europe. Based on unpublished sources, this book is the first to contextualize this narrative in its highly complex pre-modern setting, and thus at some distance from modernist ascriptions ex posteriori. Challenged by Protestant and Catholic anti-monasticism, Benedictine scholars strove to maintain control of their intellectual tradition. They failed thoroughly, however: in the Holy Roman Empire, their success depended on an anti-Roman and nationalized reading of their research. For them, becoming part of an Enlightenment narrative meant becoming part of a cultural project of "Germany."
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004393134
9004393137
ISSN:2352-1325 ;