Critical monks the German Benedictines, 1680-1740
Benedictine scholars around 1700, most prominently proponents of historical criticism, have long been regarded as the spearhead of ecclesiastical learning on the brink of Enlightenment: first in France, then in Germany and other parts of Europe.0Based on unpublished sources, this book is the first t...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2019
|
| Schriftenreihe: | Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions
volume 25 |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online Zugang: | Rezension Rezension Rezension Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Benedictine scholars around 1700, most prominently proponents of historical criticism, have long been regarded as the spearhead of ecclesiastical learning on the brink of Enlightenment: first in France, then in Germany and other parts of Europe.0Based on unpublished sources, this book is the first to contextualize this narrative in its highly complex pre-modern setting, and thus at some distance from modernist ascriptions ex posteriori. Challenged by Protestant and Catholic anti-monasticism, Benedictine scholars strove to maintain control of their intellectual tradition. They failed thoroughly, however: in the Holy Roman Empire, their success depended on an anti-Roman and nationalized reading of their research. For them, becoming part of an Enlightenment narrative meant becoming part of a cultural project of "Germany" |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [279]-341 Rezensiert in: Analecta Cisterciensia, Annus 70, Fasc. 2 (2020), Seite 549-552 (Georg Schrott, Sprockhövel); Zeitschrift für historische Forschung 48, Heft 1 (2021), Seite 183-185 (Stefan Benz); Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 129 (2021), Teilband 2, Seite 495-497 (Lina Homberg, Stockholm) |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 364 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9789004355460 978-90-04-35546-0 |