{"product_id":"the-maurists-unfinished-encyclopedia-9780729411912","title":"The Maurists Unfinished Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of recently discovered 18th-century encyclopedia, its genesis and content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Meticulous and erudite study.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Soll, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReasons for studying an unfinished encyclopedia\u003cbr\u003eThe discovery of the manuscripts, and earlier research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Maurists’ manuscripts under the loupe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of the physical documents\u003cbr\u003eDetermining the number of writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The history of a dictionary in the making\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Congregation of Saint-Maur: organisation and erudition\u003cbr\u003eDom Pernety revisited\u003cbr\u003eThe dictionary project: picking up the trail\u003cbr\u003eThe first phase: translating Wolff’s lexicon (c.1743-1747) \u003cbr\u003eCompetition with the embryonic \u003cem\u003eEncyclopédie\u003c\/em\u003e (1746) \u003cbr\u003eTurning point: interruption and transformation (\u003cem\u003ec. \u003c\/em\u003e1747) \u003cbr\u003eThe second phase: continuation and abandonment (\u003cem\u003ec\u003c\/em\u003e.1747-1754\/1755) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Maurists’ manuscripts compared\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstablishing limits: comparison to the \u003cem\u003eDictionnaire de Trévoux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating clusters of knowledge: comparison to the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopédie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther aspects of order: classification and cross-references\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying the Maurists’ sources\u003cbr\u003eMechanical arts and crafts\u003cbr\u003eNatural history\u003cbr\u003eMedical arts\u003cbr\u003eMathematical sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Maurist enterprise and Enlightenment thought\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA monastic community in transformation\u003cbr\u003eResponding to the tastes of the time\u003cbr\u003eThe middle ground that could have been\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: ‘To change the way people think’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: nomenclature\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: working lists\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: fields of knowledge\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5: transcriptions and translations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"LUP - Voltaire Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037365076311,"sku":"9780729411912","price":98.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780729411912.jpg?v=1750935471","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-maurists-unfinished-encyclopedia-9780729411912","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}