Wissensvermittlung Im Europaischen Mittelalter - >Imago Mundi (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)

The study looks at eight cases of dissemination of encyclopedic knowledge in the European Middle Ages. As a major source of insight, the author draws on the prologues of the selected Latin (e.g. "Elucidarum," "Hortus delicarium"), German (Lucidarius, Hiltgart von HA1/4rnheim's "Encyclopedia"), French ("Livre de Sidrac," Brunetto Latini, Christine de Pizan), and Spanish works, examining them from the perspective of communication science. The results point up not only a number of constants but also some surprises in connection with the vehicles, forms, and audiences of encyclopedic knowledge dissemination.