Overview

The first comprehensive guide dedicated solely to research on Latin-European early modern student notes. The many preserved collections of student notes from the early modern period – ranging from neatly maintained notebooks to barely legible scribbles crammed between lines of printed text – hold considerable but largely untapped potential as an historical source. At the same time, the analysis of these notes poses significant challenges for scholars. This book aims to be a concise and accessible companion for scholars interested in engaging with this young and burgeoning research field. Written by a diverse group of specialists from across Europe and the US, it explores the various technical and practical aspects involved in reading, interpreting, and editing student notes, while also demonstrating how these sources can enrich various areas of historical research. Indeed, student notes reveal that early modern lecture halls were often more dynamic, diverse, and creative than we might have expected.

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Author:   Xander Feys ,  Maxime Maleux ,  Andy Peetermans ,  Raf Van Rooy
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789462704565

ISBN 10:   9462704562
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   02 May 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Raf Van Rooy and Maxime Maleux, on behalf of the editors 1. Education in early modern Latin Europe: A scene from Leuven 2. Structure of the research companion 3. Why Leuven? Acknowledgments Notes References Part I—The Basics of Student Notes Research Chapter 1—The Making of Student Notes Ann M. Blair 1. The survival of student notes 2. The forms of student notes 3. Methods of note-taking in the classroom 4. What can and cannot be learned from student notes Notes Suggestions for further reading References Chapter 2—Getting a First Grasp of Student Notes Raf Van Rooy and Xander Feys 1. Introduction 2. Referentiality, fragmentariness, and provenance 3. Paleography 4. Drawing up a typology for student notes 4.1. Form 4.2. Structure 4.3. Contents 5. Conclusion 6. Exercise Notes References Transcription and model solution Chapter 3—The Materiality of the Student Notebook Jarrik Van Der Biest 1. Introduction 2. From paper mill to preservation 3. Analysis 3.1. Quire structure 3.2. Distribution of watermarks 3.3. Dates 3.4. Textual divisions, codicological blocks Notes Thematic bibliography Chapter 4—Book History: The Basics with Two Case Studies Natasha Constantinidou, Dieter Cammaerts, and Violet Soen 1. Introduction 2. An increasingly interdisciplinary field 3. Production and distribution of printed books 4. From production to consumption: An inquiry into material objects 5. Analyzing printed text editions: Aspects of book history in practice 6. Conclusions Notes Thematic bibliography Chapter 5—How to Make Student Notes Accessible Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Choose wisely from the start 2.1. Diplomatic and semi-diplomatic transcription 2.2. XML 2.3. The act of transcribing: Benefits and tools 2.4. Good practices 3. Conclusion Notes References Student Notes Toolkit Part II—The Potential of Student Notes Research Chapter 6—History of Education Daniel Gehrt and Michael Stolberg 1. Introduction 2. The diversity and flexibility of basic academic education 3. Training for professional practice: Medical students’ notebooks 4. Conclusion Notes References Chapter 7—Intellectual History Lorenz Demey, Marc Laureys, Maxime Maleux, and Andy Peetermans 1. Introduction 2. Revolutionary rhetoric versus didactic continuity: Juvenal in Bologna 3. Official policies versus didactic non-conformism: The university of Leuven and the Wegestreit 4. Textbook canonicity versus didactic creativity 4.1. Aristotelian diagrams beyond the square of opposition 4.2. Hebrew in Leuven and Paris 5. Conclusion Notes References Chapter 8—Book History Xander Feys and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Book circulation 3. Interleaving for intermezzi 4. Student practices in handling books and their flaws 5. Pedagogic pragmatism 6. Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9—Visual History Alicja Bielak and Gwendoline de Mûelenaere 1. Introduction 2. Visual elements in notebooks 2.1. Heterogeneous visual languages 2.2. Diagrams 2.3. The materiality of the image 3. Classification of images in student notebooks 3.1. Traditional university iconography 3.2. Scientific drawings and engravings 3.3. Symbolic language 4. Emblems as didactic and mnemonic devices 4.1. Scientific emblemata 4.2. Recuperation of emblematic devices 4.3. Emblems as memory aids 5. Conclusion Notes References Chapter 10—History of Orality Tomás Antonio Valle and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Conversational culture at Wittenberg university c. 1550 3. The oral/aural challenges of teaching and learning 4. Conclusion Notes References Further reading Chapter 11—Socio-Cultural History Maximilian Schuh, Xander Feys, and Raf Van Rooy 1. Introduction 2. Case study 1: The arts faculties at Uppsala and Ingolstadt 2.1. Uppsala 2.2. Ingolstadt 3. Case study 2: Triangular teaching in Milan in about 1465 4. Case study 3: Aeneid 12 and the Turkish threat 5. Conclusion Notes References Multilingual Glossary

Reviews

""This is a highly effective, well-designed guide to student notes, a complex subject requiring a wide range of skills (palaeography, Latin, knowledge of codicology and material bibliography, the historical knowledge needed for contextualisation, etc.). The ways of approaching this subject and the benefits that researchers in many fields can derive from it are explained clearly and pedagogically, with the help of numerous relevant examples."" - Christine Bénévent, École nationale des chartes ""This volume takes stock, for the first time, of a new and exciting field of study at the crossroads of different disciplines: students notes research. Through an analysis of a conspicuous array of first-hand sources such as manuscript notes, diagrams and drawings left in the margins of school editions, on loose sheets, in notebooks, the authors take us into the classrooms of some of northern Europe's most prestigious universities, and show us not only the teaching and learning practices in vogue in the modern age, but also glimpses of the daily lives of young people who took classes on subjects as diverse as literature, philosophy, medicine, etc."" - Luigi Silvano, Università di Torino

Author Information

Xander Feys is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, specializing in humanist pedagogical praxis, university and book history in the Southern Low Countries, and the early modern reception of Vergil and Homer. Xander Feys is a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, specializing in humanist pedagogical praxis, university and book history in the Southern Low Countries, and the early modern reception of Vergil and Homer. Maxime Maleux earned his PhD in linguistics with a dissertation on the teaching of Hebrew in the early modern Low Countries and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven. Maxime Maleux earned his PhD in linguistics with a dissertation on the teaching of Hebrew in the early modern Low Countries and currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven. Andy Peetermans is a research associate at KU Leuven, interested in early modern grammar writing and its didactic dimensions. Andy Peetermans is a research associate at KU Leuven, interested in early modern grammar writing and its didactic dimensions. Raf Van Rooy is assistant professor of Latin Literature at KU Leuven, working on early modern literary multilingualism, with a specific interest in exchanges between Latin and Greek. Raf Van Rooy is assistant professor of Latin Literature at KU Leuven, working on early modern literary multilingualism, with a specific interest in exchanges between Latin and Greek. Marc Laureys is Professor of Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin Philology as well as Founding Director of the Centre for the Classical Tradition at the University of Bonn. Violet Soen is als historica verbonden aan de Onderzoeksgroep Nieuwe Tijd, KU Leuven. Ze doet onderzoek naar religie in de grensgebieden van de Spaans-Habsburgse wereld, en bestudeert de wisselwerking tussen godsdienstoorlogen en -vredes in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw.

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