Rethinking the Republic of Letters

This book offers a revisionist look at the historiography of the Republic of Letters and the community of learning in early modern Europe. It suggests a new approach, conceptualising the learned world as a web of imagined communities in which the members do not know all their peers. These communitie...

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Main Author:	Scholten, Koen
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam University Press 2025
Subjects:	knowledge communities, scholarly memory, collective identity, Republic of Letters, early modern science, history of scholarship, memory culture thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102206
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