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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher: William Clowes & Sons, Limited
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652

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Author: British Library
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288

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Author: R. H. Vermij
Publisher: Edita Publishing House of the Royal
ISBN: 9789069843407
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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When it was published in 1543, Copernicus's new astronomy had an enormous impact on intellectual life in early modern Europe, but the reception of his new ideas differed fundamentally from one country to another. Rienk Vermij discusses how—unlike in Roman Catholic lands—discussion in the heavily Calvinist Dutch Republic was initially dominated by humanist scholars who judged Copernicus's work on its mathematical merits. Yet even in this environment, it could not escape eventual philosophical, religious, and political controversies. This book shows how Copernicus's astronomy changed from an alternative cosmology into an established worldview in the Dutch Republic.

Author: Bart Jaski
Publisher: History of Oriental Studies
ISBN: 9789004462168
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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The Orient in Utrecht unfolds the intellectual biography of Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), professor of Oriental languages and Hebrew Antiquities in Utrecht, philologist, Hebraist, Arabist, cartographer, poet, antiquarian, and a pioneer of the comparative study of religion.

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004186719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495

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The conviction that Nature was God's second revelation played a crucial role in early modern Dutch culture. This book offers a fascinating account on how Dutch intellectuals contemplated, investigated, represented and collected natural objects, and how the notion of the 'Book of Nature' was transformed.

Author: Allison Levy
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN: 1580442617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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An innovative volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory, Playthings in Early Modernity emphasizes the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. Thus, the titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the early modern world, is treated not merely as a pastime, a leisurely pursuit, but as a pivotal part of daily life, a strategic psychosocial endeavor.

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004279172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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This volume tries to map out the intriguing amalgam of the different, partly conflicting approaches that shaped early modern zoology. Early modern reading of the “Book of Nature” comprised, among others, the description of species in the literary tradition of antiquity, as well as empirical observations, vivisection, and modern eyewitness accounts; the “translation” of zoological species into visual art for devotion, prayer, and religious education, but also scientific and scholarly curiosity; theoretical, philosophical, and theological thinking regarding God’s creation, the Flood, and the generation of animals; new attempts with respect to nomenclature and taxonomy; the discovery of unknown species in the New World; impressive Wunderkammer collections, and the keeping of exotic animals in princely menageries. The volume demonstrates that theology and philology played a pivotal role in the complex formation of this new science. Contributors include: Brian Ogilvie, Bernd Roling, Erik Jorink, Paul Smith, Sabine Kalff, Tamás Demeter, Amanda Herrin, Marrigje Rikken, Alexander Loose, Sophia Hendrikx, and Karl Enenkel.

Author: Ted Hildebrandt
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
ISBN: 9781905048878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
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