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Andreae, J.V.(1619) Christianopolis
E.H. Thompson
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Hardback. Describes a Utopian community of scholar-craftsmen, as seen through the eyes of a naive young traveller. This work aims to clarify Johann Valentin Andreae's elliptical Latin by identifying parallel passages, allusions and sources for his ideas, and by linking Christianopolis with Andreae's other work as satirist, dramatist, poet and mathematician. Translator(s): Thompson, Edward H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
Johann Valentin Andrere (1586-1654) was a multi-faceted product of late Reformation Germany. A theologian who was firmly committed to the Lutheran confession, he could yet see very c1early the flaws in his church and argue for their reform; without being an ecumenicist in the modern sense, he yet admired many aspects of the society he observed in Calvinist Geneva, and he recognised the outstanding merit of individual Catholic scholars. A linguist and a lover of art and music, he was the friend of scientists and an enthusiastic student of mathematics whö held that science leads both to an appreciation of ... Read more
Johann Valentin Andrere (1586-1654) was a multi-faceted product of late Reformation Germany. A theologian who was firmly committed to the Lutheran confession, he could yet see very c1early the flaws in his church and argue for their reform; without being an ecumenicist in the modern sense, he yet admired many aspects of the society he observed in Calvinist Geneva, and he recognised the outstanding merit of individual Catholic scholars. A linguist and a lover of art and music, he was the friend of scientists and an enthusiastic student of mathematics whö held that science leads both to an appreciation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792357452
SKU
V9780792357452
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