Horizontal learning in the High Middle Ages peer-to-peer knowledge transfer in religious communities
The history of medieval learning has been studied both as a vertical master-student phenomenon, and as part of a broad 'educational environment'. This volume centers on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2019, [2019]©2019
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| Series: | Knowledge Communities
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The history of medieval learning has been studied both as a vertical master-student phenomenon, and as part of a broad 'educational environment'. This volume centers on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge and skills, but also how they developed concepts, beliefs, and adapted their behavior to suit the group: everything that could mold a person into an efficient member of the community. This process of 'horizontal learning' emerges as an important aspect of the medieval learning experience |
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| Physical Description: | 301 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789048532919 |