TY - BOOK ID - 46202922 TI - Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : the construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages AU - Althoff, Jochen AU - Berrens, Dominik AU - Pommerening, Tanja AU - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) PY - 2019 SN - 3837642364 3839442362 PB - Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Social & cultural history KW - Ancient History. KW - Cultural History. KW - Eschatology. KW - History of Astronomy. KW - History. KW - Knowledge Transfer. KW - Medieval History. KW - Middle Ages. KW - Universals. KW - Antiquity; Middle Ages; Knowledge Transfer; Universals; Cultural History; History of Astronomy; Eschatology; Ancient History; Medieval History; History KW - Technology and civilization KW - Civilization KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Technology transfer KW - History KW - Technological transfer KW - Transfer of technology KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Inventions KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology and international relations KW - Foreign licensing agreements KW - Technological forecasting KW - Technological innovations KW - Technology KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Barbarism KW - Civilisation KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Culture KW - World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 KW - International cooperation KW - Antiquity, Middle Ages KW - Knowledge Transfer KW - Universals KW - Cultural History KW - History of Astronomy KW - Eschatology KW - Ancient History KW - Medieval History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46202922 AB - Since the dawn of humanity, people have developed concepts about themselves and the natural world in which they live. This volume aims at investigating the construction and transfer of such concepts between and within various ancient and medieval cultures. The single contributions try to answer questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire. »The book will mainly appeal to intellectual historians of antiquity, who will appreciate the case studies of ancient knowledge.« T. Farmer, Choice, 57/8 (2020) ER -