Networking Europe and New Communities of Interpretation (1400-1600)
Edited by Margriet Hoogvliet Edited by Manuel F. Fernandez Chaves Edited by Rafael M. Perez Garcia
Reconstructs late medieval and early modern European networks of knowledge exchange by exploring how religious ideas and strategies of transformation ‘travelled’ and were shared in European and Transatlantic cultural spaces, with a focus on religious texts in Europe’s vernaculars and on the agency of the laity in ‘new communities of
Long-distance ties connecting Europeans from all geographical corners of the continent during the fifteenth and sixteenth century facilitated the sharing of religious texts, books, iconography, ideas, and practices. The contributions to this book aim to reconstruct these European networks of knowledge exchange by exploring how religious ideas and strategies of transformation ‘travelled’ and were shared in European and transatlantic cultural spaces. In order to come to a better understanding of Europe-wide processes of religious culture and religious change, the chapters focus on the agency of the laity in ‘new communities of interpretation’, instead of intellectual elites, the aristocracy, and religious institutions. These new communities of interpretation were often formed by an urban laity active in politics, finance, and commerce. The agency of religious literatures in the European vernaculars in processes of religious purification, reform, and innovation during the long fifteenth century is still largely underestimated. ‘Networking Europe’ aims to step away from studying ‘national’ textual production and consumption by approaching these topics instead from a European and interconnected perspective. The contributions to this book explore late medieval and early modern networks connecting people and transporting texts following three main axes of investigation: ‘European Connections’, ‘Exiles, Diasporas, and Migrants’, and ‘Mobility and Dissemination’.
- Edited by Margriet Hoogvliet
- Edited by Manuel F. Fernandez Chaves
- Edited by Rafael M. Perez Garcia
Other Titles in this Series
Religious Transformations in New Communities of Interpretation in Europe (1350-1570)
Bridging the Historiographical Divides
Volume 3
Religious Connectivity in Urban Communities (1400-1550)
Reading, Worshipping, and Connecting through the Continuum of Sacred and Secular
Volume 1
Religious Practices and Everyday Life in the Long Fifteenth Century (1350-1570)
Interpreting Changes and Changes of Interpretation
Volume 2
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