Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern Germany

Early modern Germany saw the dissemination of vast quantities of information at unprecedented speed. Popular knowledge, scientific inquiry, and scholarship influenced the political order, poetic expression, public opinion, and mechanisms of social control. This collection presents twelve essays by d...

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Other Authors: Scholz Williams, Gerhild (Editor), Schindler, Stephan K. (Editor)
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 1996
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