Learned Artisans and Merchants in Early Eighteenth-Century Latin Dissertations

Sari Kivistö

Jump to Content

Chapter 13 Learned Artisans and Merchants in Early Eighteenth-Century Latin Dissertations

In: Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context

Author:

Sari Kivistö

Sari Kivistö
Search for other papers by Sari Kivistö in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 340–363

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004436206_014

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

Summary

This article examines the cultural revaluation of knowledge that was taking place in Germany in early eighteenth-century dissertations. Although the intellectual life remained closely tied to the universities, the world of learning was broadening to include social classes other than the university-based professions. Especially in the commercial city of Lübeck several dissertations and pamphlets were produced on scholars who also distinguished themselves in commercial or other practical activities. Georg Heinrich Götze, a Lutheran theologian and superintendent of the Church of Lübeck, was a pioneering writer of literary history and especially active in writing dissertations on learned artisans and their cultures of knowledge. This article examines a handful of Latin dissertations printed in Germany (and also in Sweden and Finland) that participated in the rewriting of the traditional moralising stereotype of tradesmen and lauded the merchant as a useful distributor of goods who could place a high value on philosophy, good literature and books in Latin, and combine thinking with practice.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004436206/BP000024.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context

Series: Intersections, Volume: 71

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004436206

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 13 Nov 2020

Subjects

Front Matter

Back Matter

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	542	230	55
Full Text Views	19	4	0
PDF Views & Downloads	25	4	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

Chapter 13 Learned Artisans and Merchants in Early Eighteenth-Century Latin Dissertations

Summary

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics