European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2009

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• Latinitas Perennis. Volume II: Appropriation and Latin Literature

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Jan Papy; Wim Verbaal; Yanick Maes
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  • The contributions in this volume analyze different moments of intercultural negotiation within the history of Latin literature (in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Early Modern times) and look into the dynamic process of appropriation that guarantees its continuity.

• Learning and the Market Place

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  • Author: I.W.F. Maclean
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  • These essays on the learned book in Early Modern Europe investigate the transmission of knowledge and the operation of the book market from the point of view of its major participants: authors, editors, publishers, readers and bibliographers.

• The Limbourg Brothers

  • Type: E-Book
  • Editors Rob Dückers; Pieter Roelofs
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  • In 2005 Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen presented the exhibition ‘The Limbourg Brothers. Nijmegen Masters at the French Court (1400-1416)’. This was the first time that original miniatures from four manuscripts by the Limbourg brothers were shown in the Netherlands. The exhibition formed an excellent opportunity to invite prominent scholars to share their views on the art of the Limbourg brothers during a two-day conference. This publication presents in written form the conference papers delivered by some of the leading scholars in the field.

• Literacy in Everyday Life

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  • Author: J. Blaak
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  • Focusing on four Dutch diaries from different periods of the early modern age, this book describes in detail the diversified use of reading in everyday life, examining it in a wider context of communication that also includes writing and speech.

• The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution

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  • Author: J.L. Van Zanden
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  • ‘The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution’ offers a new explanation of the origins of the industrial revolution in Western Europe by placing development in Europe within a global perspective. It focuses on its specific institutional and demographic development since the late Middle Ages, and on the important role played by human capital formation