About the Book
This volume contains a series of articles - both reviews and case studies - dealing with a range of topics related to the history of education and learning in the Netherlands during a crucial period of transition. Schooling saw enormous progress, both in terms of numbers of people participating in it on various levels and of increasing diversity of institutions providing education. In the same period, learning and education penetrated deeply into society; they fulfilled a steadily growing number of functions, enhancing the competence of officials and contributing to the accumulation of intellectual and symbolic capital by both individuals and groups. A third major development was the change of discourse which was brought about by the advent of humanism in both Latin and vernacular culture.
Contributors include: Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Sabrina Corbellini, Peter van Dael, Mario Damen, Karel Davids, Arjan van Dixhoorn, Hildo van Engen, Koen Goudriaan, Antheun Janse, Madelon van Luijk, Jaap van Moolenbroek, Bart Ramakers, Marijke Spies, Ad Tervoort, Ilja M. Veldman, Gerrit Verhoeven, and Samme Zijlstra†.
Publications by H. de Ridder-Symoens:
• Edited by C.M. Ridderikhoff. Édité avec la collaboration de H. de Ridder-Symoens, Premier Livre des Procurateurs, 1444-1546. Première partie. Texte des rapports des procurateurs, ISBN: 9789004025615 (Out of print)
• Edited by C.M. Ridderikhoff, H. de Ridder-Symoens et D. Illmer, Premier Livre des Procurateurs, 1444-1546. Seconde partie. Biographies des étudiants, 1: Introduction, sources et bibliographie, biographies, 1444-1515, ISBN: 9789004057289 (Out of print)
• Edited by C.M. Ridderikhoff, H. de Ridder-Symoens et D. Illmer, Premier Livre des Procurateurs, 1444-1546. Seconde partie. Biographies des étudiants, 2: Biographies des étudiants, 1516-1546, ISBN: 9789004062511 (Out of print)
• Edited by C.M. Ridderikhoff, H. de Ridder-Symoens et D. Illmer, Premier Livre des Procurateurs, 1444-1546. Seconde partie. Biographies des étudiants, 3: Tables, additions et corrections, illustrations, ISBN: 9789004071520 (Out of print)
About the Author :
Koen Goudriaan, Ph.D. (1989) in Classical Philology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Professor of Medieval History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His special field of interest is the cultural and religious history of the later Middle Ages.
Jaap van Moolenbroek Ph.D. (1982) in History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is a specialist in the area of medieval socio-religious history, particularly of the Netherlands.
Ad Tervoort,Ph.D. (2000) in History, European University Institute Florence, is a lecturer in Medieval History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published on the history of universities and education in the late-medieval Netherlands.
Review :
"Throughout the volume, the interdisciplinary character of the contributions is evident: history and the history of education, along with art history and Dutch and Neo-Latin literature. In addition, a methodology that is very much in evidence is that of prosopography, reflecting again the influence of Ridder-Symoens as scholar and mentor of many of the contributors...All in all, these contributions represent a fitting tribute to the honoree and her circle and at the same time constitute a valuable contribution to the social history of learning."
Paul Knoll, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2005.
