Printed Commonplace-Books and the Structuring of Renaissance Thought Tactile Sensing System From mega-events

From mega-events

changes in archaeological thought and practice

political system and culture

including war

Printed Commonplace-Books and the Structuring of Renaissance Thought Tactile Sensing System From mega-eventsThis is the first comprehensive study of the Renaissance commonplace book. Commonplace books were the information organizers of Early Modern Europe, notebooks of quotations methodically arranged for easy retrieval. From their first introduction to the rudiments of Latin to the specialized studies of leisure reading of their later years, the pupils of humanist schools were trained to use commonplace books, which formed an immensely important element of