TY - GEN AU - Althoff,Jochen AU - Berrens,Dominik AU - Pommerening,Tanja AU - Althoff,Jochen AU - Berrens,Dominik AU - Pommerening,Tanja TI - Finding, Inheriting or Borrowing? : The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in Antiquity and the Middle Ages SN - 9783839442364 PY - 2019/// CY - Bielefeld, Germany PB - transcript Verlag KW - Social & cultural history KW - bicssc KW - Antiquity, Middle Ages KW - Knowledge Transfer KW - Universals KW - Cultural History KW - History of Astronomy KW - Eschatology KW - Ancient History KW - Medieval History KW - History N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 questions concerning the sources of knowledge, the strategies of transfer and legitimation as well as the conceptual changes over time and space. After a comprehensive introduction, the volume is divided into three parts: The contributions of the first section treat various theoretical and methodological aspects. Two additional thematic sections deal with a special field of knowledge, i.e. concepts of the moon and of the end of the world in fire UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25359/1/9783839442364.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25359/1/9783839442364.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25359/1/9783839442364.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38947 ER -