Forgotten Texts from the Sixteenth Century I: Exploration of a Terra Incognita
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Oswald-von-Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft
Organizer Name
Albrecht Classen
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Arizona
Presider Name
Albrecht Classen
Paper Title 1
The Representation of Africa in Balthasar Springer's Merfart (1509) and Sebastian Münster's Cosmographei (1550)
Presenter 1 Name
Rasma Lazda
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Alabama
Paper Title 2
Paratexte: Der literarische Kanon Sebastian Brants im Lichte seiner editorischen Arbeit
Presenter 2 Name
Sabine Seelbach
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Alpen-Adria-Univ. Klagenfurt
Paper Title 3
The Eagle and the Lion: An Unknown Poem on Maximilian I and the Landshut War of Succession
Presenter 3 Name
Dennis Wegener
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. Wien
Start Date
10-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1320
Description
We have long recognized that the Middle Ages did not simply come to an end with 1500. This is one of two sessions exploring major texts from the 16th century and introduces them as meaningful for the mapping of the early modern age.
Albrecht Classen
Forgotten Texts from the Sixteenth Century I: Exploration of a Terra Incognita
Schneider 1320
We have long recognized that the Middle Ages did not simply come to an end with 1500. This is one of two sessions exploring major texts from the 16th century and introduces them as meaningful for the mapping of the early modern age.
Albrecht Classen