Printed Commonplace-Books and the Structuring of Renaissance Thought |
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Author:
| Moss, Ann |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-815908-7 |
Publication Date: | May 1996 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $240.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a ground-breaking study of the way educated people were trained to think in Renaissance Europe. As Ann Moss demonstrates, the commonplace-book of quotations which every schoolboy of the period was taught to use opens a window on to the manner in which attitudes were structured, a moral consensus was established, and styles of writing evolved. Printed Commonplace-Books and the Structuring of Renaissance Thought is much more than an account of humanist classroom practice: it is a...
More DescriptionThis is a ground-breaking study of the way educated people were trained to think in Renaissance Europe. As Ann Moss demonstrates, the commonplace-book of quotations which every schoolboy of the period was taught to use opens a window on to the manner in which attitudes were structured, a moral consensus was established, and styles of writing evolved. Printed Commonplace-Books and the Structuring of Renaissance Thought is much more than an account of humanist classroom practice: it is a major work of cultural history.