History of Knowledge

Readings, questions and assignments, week by week. Readings on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Week 7 26 October – 1 November

Fri 30 Oct

1990 Humanism

William B. Ashworth, Jr. · Week 7, Friday 30 October

In D.C. Lindberg & R.S. Westman (eds.), Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution (Cambridge University Press), pp. 303–332

Fri 30 Oct

1991 Humanism

Anthony Grafton · Week 7, Friday 30 October

Harvard University Press, pp. 178–203

Wed 4 Nov

2025 Humanism

Theodor Dunkelgrün · Week 8, Wednesday 4 November

University of Toronto Press, pp. xvii–xxv, 1–30

Wed 4 Nov

2013 Humanism

Dirk van Miert · Week 8, Wednesday 4 November

In D. van Miert (ed.), Communicating Observations in Early Modern Letters (1500–1675) (London), pp. 89–114