Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages. Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities
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The history of medieval learning has traditionally been studied as a vertical transmission of knowledge from a master to one or several disciples. *Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities* centres 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 behaviour 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. -] -]Progressing beyond the view that high medieval religious communities were closed, homogeneous, and fairly stable social groups, the essays in this volume understand communities as the product of a continuous process of education and integration of new members. The authors explore how group members learned from one another, and what this teaches us about learning within the context of a high medieval community. -]
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- ISBN-13: 9789462982949
- ISBN-10: 9462982945
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: July 2019
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
- Page Count: 302
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