Author: Craig D. Atwood
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271035323
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 479

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"Examines the history and development of Moravian theology, from its origins in the Hussite movement to the work of Comenius. Explores the theology of the Unity of the Brethren within the context of the Protestant Reformation"--Provided by publisher.

Author: Andrew L. Thomas
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004183566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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This book examines the intersection between religious belief, dynastic ambitions, and late Renaissance court culture within the main branches of Germany's most storied ruling house, the Wittelsbach dynasty. Their influence touched many shores from the "coast" of Bohemia to Boston.

Author: Howard Hotson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199553386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499

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This book discusses the intersection of the great military and intellectual disruptions of the mid-seventeenth century. It examines how the Thirty Years' War scattered representatives of Ramism from central Europe into old and new institutions, especially into the northwest, the Dutch Republic, and England.

Author: Wilhelmus Rood
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004618872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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This study follows Comenius' life in Holland and analyses the contacts with his contemporaries, adding quite an amount of unknown facts to the knowledge about this important scholar and pedagogue.

Author: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195320999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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This introduction to the Western esoteric traditions offers a concise overview of their historical development. The author explores these traditions, from their roots in Hermeticism, Neo-Platonism, and Gnosticism in the early Christian era up to their reverberations in modern day's scientific paradigms.

Author: John Edward Sadler
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134533985
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Originally published in 1966, this volume reappraises the educational philosophy of Comenius. Until recently the attention given to Comenius and his work concentrated on a narrow interpretation of his pedagogy which played down his pansophic theory. In the second half of the nineteenth century Germany led the way in pedagogical study and Comenius was widely accepted as having laid the foundations of a science of education. The emergence of education as an academic subject in England and the USA led to a considerable interest in the history of educational ideas and Comenius’ work.

Author: Donald R. Dickson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004247424
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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A study of the Protestant utopian movement that began in Germany, inspired in large measure by the writings of Johann Valentin Adreae, and came to England through the efforts of the émigré Samuel Hartlib. The first chapters examine Andreae's utopian writings, including the Rosicrucian manifestos, as part of his lifelong commitment to found a Societas Christiana, a spiritual élite that would improve religious and intellectual life. His writings sparked a transnational movement in early modern Europe. The most significant of the German learned societies are discussed: The Societas Ereunetica, Unio Christiana, and Antilia. The latter chapters consider Hartlib's English circles and various utopian and learned societies in the 1650s. This study contributes to our understanding of the role that "secret" societies and epistolary networks had in the republic of letters.

Author: Werner H?llen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199291045
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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This study explores the topical, i.e. non-alphabetical, word-lists which appeared between the beginnings of written culture and 1700. A form of early dictionary, these lists provide evidence on cultural history and linguistic development.

Author: Timothy G. Fehler
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317318692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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This collection of essays looks at the shared experience of exile across different groups in the early modern period. Contributors argue that exile is a useful analytical tool in the study of a wide variety of peoples previously examined in isolation.

Author: R.T. Bienvenu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401137641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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The broad canvas covered by the articles in the present volume celebrates the diversity and richness of the writings of Frank Manuel during a scholarly career that spans over five decades. The subjects of the articles - ranging from science to utopia, from theology to political thought - mirror many of the themes Manuel has written about with erudition, flair and uncommon perception. It is only fitting that in paying tribute to such a defiant intellect each author brings to his treatment a distinct perspective and texture, the result of his own original forays into the history of ideas. Yet underlying all the essays is the conviction that the study of the intersection of individuals and ideas still yields a rich harvest. Presented to Frank on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, In the Presence o/the Past honors a teacher, a friend and, above all, a scholar. R. T. Bienvenu and M. Feingold (eds). ln the presence of the past. vii. MARTIN PERETZ Frank Manuel: An Appreciation It was finally because of Frank Edward Manuel that I decided (however belatedly) to forgo a proper academic career. Since I had not left so much as a leafscar on the tree of the scholarly culture this is not a fact which anyone else would have reason to notice. It is also not, I am happy to add, something for which Manuel will be especially remembered.