[PDF.03th] Reading the World: Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age

The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called it the “century of the encyclopedias.” Variously referred to as a speculum, thesaurus, or imago mundi—the term encyclopedia was not commonly applied to such books until the eighteenth century—these texts were organized in such a way that a reader could easily locate a collection of authoritative statement...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Reading the World: Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age   |  Mary Franklin-Brown.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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