The languages in the correspondence of Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985955%3A_____%2F25%3A00646389" target="_blank" >RIV/67985955:_____/25:00646389 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.56514/fhb.40.02.02" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.56514/fhb.40.02.02</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The languages in the correspondence of Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680)
Original language description
This study investigates the multilingual character of Athanasius Kircher’s (1602–1680) correspondence, one of the most extensive epistolary collections of the early modern Republic of Letters. Based on nearly 2,700 surviving letters, it analyses the distribution and functions of Latin, Italian, and a smaller set of vernacular and ancient languages. Using statistical and visualization methods, the paper demonstrates how linguistic choice was conditioned by geography, social rank, and communicative context. The findings reveal Latin as the principal medium of scholarly exchange, while vernacular languages were employed selectively, often to convey personal matters, requests, or gestures of courtesy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-06645S" target="_blank" >GA23-06645S: Scholarly publication strategies and correspondence networks of the post-White Mountain Czech Lands (1622 - 1667)</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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