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Castelli, S.; Sluiter, I. (2023)

Agents of change in the Greco-Roman and early modern periods: ten case studies in agency in innovation

Book editorial
Who or what makes innovation spread? Ten case-studies from Greco-Roman Antiquity and the early modern period address human and non-human agency in innovation. Was Erasmus the ‘superspreader’ of the use of New Ancient Greek? How did a special type of clamp contribute to architectural innovation in Delphi? What agents helped diffuse a new festival culture in the eastern parts of the Roman empire? How did a context of status competition between scholars and poets at the Ptolemaic court help deify a lock of hair? Examples from different societal domains illuminate different types of agency in historical innovation.
All authors
Castelli, S.; Sluiter, I.
Type of editorship
book series
Date
2023-10-26
Title of host publication
Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation
Publisher
Leiden; Boston: Brill
ISBN (print)
9789004680012
DOI
doi:10.1163/9789004680012

Publication Series

Name
4

Funding

Sponsorship
NWO
Grant number
024.003.012