Philologie und Erkenntnis

The volume assembles the papers given at the international and interdisciplinary conference »Concept and Problem of Philology 1580-1730« held in July 1998. They provide insight into the multifarious changes undergone by the term in the Early Modern Age, relating this phenomenon to the history of ideas, the history of concepts, and social history. In addition they determine the locus of philological practice in a number of concrete contexts by discussing the role it played in various pragmatic and intellectual domains in the period in question, including textual criticism, comparative studies and polymathy.