Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context

by Meelis Friedenthal (Editor), Robert Seidel (Editor), Hanspeter Marti (Editor)

From the sixteenth through to the eighteenth century, printed disputations were the main academic output of universities. This genre is especially attractive as it deals with the most significant cultural and scientific innovations of the early modern period, such as the printing revolution and the development of new methods in philosophy, education and scholarly exchange via personal networks.
Until recently, academic disputations have attracted comparatively little scholarly attention. This volume provides for the first time a comprehensive study of the early modern disputation culture, both through theoretical discussions and overviews, and numerous case studies that analyze particular features of disputations in various European regions.

908 pages, Hardcover

Published November 19, 2020

About the author

The Estonian writer Meelis Friedenthal (b.1973) has written a doctoral thesis at Tartu University on a 13th century philosophical-theological treatise about seeing and vision. Friedenthal is currently Associate Professor in Tartu University and his research topic is the intellectual history of the Early Modern Period.

In 2013 his novel Willow King was one of the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL).