Ross Daum's boys

Schools and the Republic of Letters in early modern Germany
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78499-170-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Early Modern European History

The first English language in-depth study of a footsoldier of the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters. Its subject, the German polymath and schoolteacher Christian Daum, left behind one of the largest private archives of any early modern European scholar.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ross, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. ‘A veritable gem’: culture, authority and education in early modern Zwickau
2. The finished scholar: convincing oneself and convincing others
3. The virtues of diversity: pedagogical innovation and contested curricula
4. The pupils: educational strategies and social mobility
5. Violent aspirations: pupils' transgression and the spectre of university
6. Networks, patronage and exploitation: correspondence and the next generation of scholars
Conclusion: Civic communities, humanist education and the ‘Age of Enlightenment'
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ross Alan:
Alan S. Ross is Postdoctoral Fellow in Early Modern History at Humboldt University, BerlinAlan S. Ross is Postdoctoral Fellow in Early Modern History at Humboldt University, Berlin