Early Modern Republic of Scholars and the www: Digital Methods of Researching Correspondence Networks of Scholars Cover Image

Raně novověká republika učenců a www: digitální metody zkoumání učeneckých korespondenčních sítí
Early Modern Republic of Scholars and the www: Digital Methods of Researching Correspondence Networks of Scholars

Author(s): Vladimír Urbánek
Subject(s): History, Modern Age
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: republic of letters; scholarly correspondence; Early Modern Era; database; John Amos Comenius

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the international database projects, which deal with scholarly correspondence in the sixteenth to eighteenth century and investigate the Early Modern republic of letters. The author evaluates these databases’ potential contribution to research of subjects related to Bohemia. Using the example of John Amos Comenius’s correspondence, whose catalogue is part of the Early Modern Letters Online database, this contribution shows ways of using digital tools for its research and interpretation.

  • Issue Year: 58/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 37-49
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech