The cosmographia of Sebastian Münster : describing the world in the Reformation /

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Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. Through this examination of Münster, his publications and sch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLean, Matthew, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Colección:St. Andrews studies in Reformation history.
Temas:
Münster, Sebastian, > 1489-1552. > Cosmographia.
Cosmographia (Münster, Sebastian)
1500-1599
Geography > Early works to 1800.
Cosmography > Early works to 1800.
Intellectual life > 16th century.
Reformation.
Géographie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cosmographie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle.
Réforme (Christianisme)
HISTORY.
Cosmography
Geography
Intellectual life
Reformation
Electronic books.
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sebastian Münster: a brief biography
  • Sixteenth-century cosmography: its sources, development and the extent of its ambitions
  • The Cosmographia: genesis of an idea, methods of realisation, versions of the text
  • From centre to periphery: the organisation, topics and content of the Cosmographiae universalis
  • Understanding the world of Münster's Cosmographia: evaluating man, celebrating his works and interpreting the book of the world.

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