Finding, Inheriting or Borrowing? The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

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 ques...

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Main Author: Althoff, Jochen
Other Authors: Berrens, Dominik, Pommerening, Tanja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2019
Series:Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften
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