Horizontal learning in the High Middle Ages : peer-to-peer knowledge transfer in religious communities /

The history of medieval learning has been studied both as a vertical master-student phenomenon, and as part of a broad 'educational environment'. This volume centers on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge...

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Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Long, Micol (Editor), Snijders, Tjamke, 1981- (Editor), Vanderputten, Steven (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Series:Knowledge communities (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The history of medieval learning has been studied both as a vertical master-student phenomenon, and as part of a broad 'educational environment'. This volume centers on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge and skills, but also how they developed concepts, beliefs, and adapted their behavior to suit the group: everything that could mold a person into an efficient member of the community. This process of 'horizontal learning' emerges as an important aspect of the medieval learning experience.
Physical Description:1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048532919
9048532914