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This volume presents the first modern edition and German translation of De misera eruditorum (On the Misery of Scholars) by Martinus Schoockius (1614–1669), Prof. of Philosophy in Groningen and court historiographer to the Great Elector in Frankfurt/O. Schoock wrote numerous historical and philosophical treatises. This volume offers an extensive introduction to and running commentary on this difficult work.
Early modern period. --- Schoockius. --- edition. --- miseria. --- misery.
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The small book explains the media theoretical and historical-theological foundations of spiritual intermediality and spirtual emblematica in the Early Modern Period.
Religion --- Emblematics --- Intermediality --- Early Modern Period
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This study, the second volume of the series "Sources" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge," reviews a historical discussion about the question of whether a balance in equilibrium, after having been deflected, returns to its original position. This question captured the attention of philosophers and scientists for almost two millennia, from Greek antiquity to the sixteenth century when the "equilibrium controversy" became a central question among scholars. Two new sources related to this controversy are presented: an annotated copy of Jordanus de Nemore's "Liber de ponderibus" edited by Petrus Apianus in 1533 and an annotated copy of Giovanni Battista Benedetti's "Diversarum speculationum mathematicarum et physicarum liber" from 1585. Both works contain handwritten marginal notes by Guidobaldo del Monte, author of the most influential early modern text on mechanics. A detailed analysis of these sources, their prehistory, and their contexts shows that the "equilibrium controversy" only scratched the surface of a much deeper conceptual crisis of early modern mechanics that was triggered by the introduction of the medieval concept of "positional heaviness" into early modern discussions. This crisis helped to establish fundamental insights on which Galileo eventually built his theory of mechanics as well as his theory of motion.
balances --- early modern period --- history of mechanics --- MPRL --- Edition Open Access --- equilibrium --- Benedetti --- balances --- early modern period --- history of mechanics --- MPRL --- Edition Open Access --- equilibrium --- Benedetti
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_In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes_, scritte da Bernardino Baldi, vengono ristampate – provviste d'introduzione e commento – come quarto volume della collana _Sources_ della _Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge_, la versione Italiana di _Sources 3_. Il volume è disponibile in internet senza limitazioni d'accesso anche come pubblicazione elettronica _open-access_ all'indirizzo www.edition-open-access.de. Il testo venne pubblicato nel 1621, quattro anni dopo la morte dell’autore. Questo libro appartiene alla lunga tradizione rinascimentale concernente lo studio dei _Problemi Meccanici_ pseudo-aristotelici. A differenza della maggior parte delle altre opere scritte durante il XVI secolo, tuttavia, il testo di Baldi esprime una posizione critica nei confronti dell’approccio teorico presente nelle meccaniche pseudo-aristoteliche. Il testo delle _Exercitationes_ mostra una sistematica applicazione dei principi archimedei alla spiegazione delle questioni discusse nei _Problemi Meccanici_ e, dunque, illustra chiaramente la struttura a forma di patchwork della meccanica preclassica. Il testo, inoltre, presenta lunghe digressioni che ampliano considerevolmente i confini della meccanica. The _Exercitationes_ were first published in 1621, four years after the death of the author. The work belongs to the long tradition of studies on the pseudo-Aristotelian _Mechanical Problems_ developed during the Renaissance but, unlike most other works written during the sixteenth century, it takes a critical position against the theoretical approach of the pseudo-Aristotelian text. The _Exercitationes_ display a systematic application of Archimedean principles to the explanation of the questions discussed in _Mechanical Problems_ illustrating the patchwork character of preclassical mechanics. Moreover, Baldi's work presents lengthy digressions that considerably widen the boundaries of mechanics.
Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Applied Mathematics --- early modern period --- MPRL --- Edition Open Access --- mechanics --- history of science --- Mechanica. --- early modern period --- MPRL --- Edition Open Access --- mechanics --- history of science
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_In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes_ written by Bernardino Baldi is reprinted with an introduction and commentary as the third volume of the series _Sources of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge._ The volume is also freely available in electronic form as an open-access publication on the Internet at www.edition-open-access.de. The _Exercitationes_ were first published in 1621, four years after the death of the author. The work belongs to the long tradition of studies on the pseudo-Aristotelian _Mechanical Problems_ developed during the Renaissance but, unlike most other works written during the sixteenth century, it takes a critical position against the theoretical approach of the pseudo-Aristotelian text. The _Exercitationes_ display a systematic application of Archimedean principles to the explanation of the questions discussed in _Mechanical Problems_ illustrating the patchwork character of preclassical mechanics. Moreover, Baldi's work presents lengthy digressions that considerably widen the boundaries of mechanics.
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The book presents Guidobaldo del Monte's first book from 1577, the Mechanicorum liber, which is reprinted here in a facsimile edition. The book is a comprehensive treatise on mechanics dealing with the five simple machines, the lever, the pulley, the wheel on an axle, the wedge and the screw. Their properties were in turn derived from the workings of the balance and the lever. The idea that every mechanism can be reduced to these five simple machines goes back to Heron of Alexandria and has been transmitted to the early modern period by Pappus, while the foundational role of balance and lever goes back to the Problemata mechanica ascribed to Aristotle.
Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Applied Mathematics --- early modern period --- MPRL --- Edition Open Access --- mechanics --- history of science
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Arts and Humanities --- History --- early modern period --- early modern --- history --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1799
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"For at least a generation, scholars have asserted that privacy barely existed in the early modern era. The divide between the public and private was vague, they say, and the concept, if it was acknowledged, was rarely valued. In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in Shakespeare's time that the idea of privacy went from a marginal notion to a desirable quality. The era of transition begins with More's Utopia (1516), in which privacy is forbidden. It ends with Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), in which privacy is a good to be celebrated. In between come Shakespeare's plays, paintings by Titian and Vermeer, devotional manuals, autobiographical journals, and the poetry of George Herbert and Robert Herrick, all of which Huebert carefully analyses in order to illuminate the dynamic and emergent nature of early modern privacy."--
English literature --- Privacy in literature. --- History and criticism. --- 1500-1700 --- Classical Period --- Early Modern Period
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This study examines the transformation that took place in worldly lied culture in German around 1600. Ornate poetry in the vernacular and solo lieder emerged in the sixteenth century and were predominantly developed using Italian elements. Their reception in the middle classes led to the dissemination and valorization of lied culture, and to its codification in literary and music theory. Weitreichende Veränderungen in Dichtung und Musik zeichnen sich um 1600 ab. Lyrik und Lied lassen sich kaum trennen, da die Lyrik dieser Zeit meist sangbar ist und entscheidend durch das weltliche Lied beeinflusst wird. Der maßgebliche Beitrag, den das Lied zum ästhetischen Wandel, zur Modernisierung und Europäisierung der deutschsprachigen Lyrik leistet, wird anhand von etwa 5200 Liedern in 340 Lieddrucken zwischen 1567 und 1642 herausgearbeitet. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses Quellenkorpus werden in der interdisziplinären Studie Einzellieder und Liedsammlungen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum musik- und literaturwissenschaftlich analysiert. Neben sozial- und gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Aspekten kommen Dimensionen der Novität ebenso zur Sprache wie das Verhältnis von Theorie, Poetik und Praxis, Kulturtransferprozesse sowie Fragen nach Kontinuitäten und Dynamiken literarischer und musikalischer Phänomene. Die Fallstudien sowie theoretische und poetische Äußerungen zum Lied erweisen, wie sich zwei Konzeptionen des Liedes profilieren: In der Verselbstständigung werden beide Liedkonzepte in Literatur und Musik aufgewertet. So trägt das weltliche deutschsprachige Lied zur Modernisierung und Europäisierung der deutschen Literatur bei.
Songs, German --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. --- History and criticism. --- Early modern period. --- Europeanization. --- modernization. --- German songs
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Als Region weist das Banat zahlreiche Eigenheiten auf, die auf seine spezifische geografische Lage, der multi- und interkulturellen Prägung seiner Struktur und der kulturellen Vielfalt seiner Menschen zurückzuführen sind. Der Band lädt ein, sich mit den Eigenheiten der lokalen und regionalen Verwaltung im Banat vertraut zu machen. Er legt den Fokus auf die Entwicklung der spezifischen Kultur, thematisiert das Einwirken von Ideologien, stellt einzelne Persönlichkeiten heraus und analysiert wichtige Gemeinschaftsinstitutionen. Das wichtigste Ziel der Beiträger/-innen und des Herausgebers ist es, die Bewohner/-innen des Banats selbst sichtbar werden zu lassen, ihre historischen Erfahrungen zu reflektieren, ihre Mentalitäten zu beschreiben und den Wandel ihrer Einstellungsmuster im Zeitverlauf darzustellen. Im vorliegenden Band geht es um weit mehr als um die Abfolge von geschichtlichen Ereignissen oder eine Aufzählung von Fakten. Durch seine interdisziplinäre Herangehensweise werden Grenzen der traditionellen Geschichtsschreibung überschritten. Victor Neumann ersetzt den üblichen politisch motivierten Schreibstil durch eine liberale und offene Erzählweise, die nicht nur grenzüberschreitend ist, sondern auch viele Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten eröffnet. As a region, the Banat has many unique features owing to its specific geographical location, its multi- and intercultural composition, and the cultural diversity of the people who live there. The goal of this volume is to shine a spotlight on the inhabitants of the Banat, to reflect upon their historical experiences, to describe their mentalities, and to show how their attitudes have changed over time.
Banat of Temeswar. --- House of Habsburg. --- Romania. --- early modern period. --- Banat --- Timișoara (Romania) --- Civilization.
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