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Compilation
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1. Transmission of knowledge

In the early modern period, compilation – the systematic assembly of knowledge already present – was considered one of the fundamental procedures in the organization of knowledge (Knowledge, organization of) and the production of scholarly texts. The theological and legal commentary literature of the Middle Ages and the early modern era, encyclopedias, the specialized compendia of various disciplines, and above all historiography, from chronicles to v…

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Gierl, Martin, “Compilation”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_022475>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20170206



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