Are you alone wise? : the search for certainty in the early modern era

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Are you alone wise? : the search for certainty in the early modern era

Title remainder

the search for certainty in the early modern era

Statement of responsibility

Susan E. Schreiner

Creator

• Schreiner, Susan Elizabeth

Subject

• Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Church history -- Modern period, 1500-
• Philosophy, Modern
• Philosophy, Renaissance
• Certainty

Language

eng

Summary

Susan Schreiner argues that Europe in the 16th century was preoccupied with certainty, especially religious certainty. She analyzes the pervading questions about certitude & doubt in the terms & contexts of a wide variety of thinkers during this time of competing truths

Dewey number

121.6309031

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized