Nicholas of Cusa and early modern reform: Towards a reassessment

Simon Burton, Joshua Hollmann , Eric Parker

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Abstract

Nicholas of Cusa is today widely acknowledged as a seminal thinker of modernity. Yet, in the words of Stefan Meier-Oeser, he still remains a “forgotten presence” of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Here the theme of the entire volume, and especially the multivalent concept of reform employed, will be introduced and placed in relation to the existing scholarship on Cusanus and early modernity. The rationale for the section division into theological, ecclesiological, perspectival and methodological reform will then be explored. The introduction will conclude with a detailed contextual summary of each of the four sections and the papers within them.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNicholas of Cusa and the Making of the Early Modern World
EditorsSimon Burton, Joshua Hollmann, Eric Parker
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
ChapterIntroduction
Pages1-46
ISBN (Electronic)9789004385689
ISBN (Print)9789004343016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameStudies In The History Of Christian Traditions
PublisherBrill
Volume190

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Nicholas of Cusa
  • modernity
  • early modern
  • perspective
  • method
  • theology
  • church
  • reform

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