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Author Bobory, Dóra

Title The sword and the crucible : Count Boldzsár Batthydány and natural philosophy in sixteenth-century Hungary / by Dóra Bobory
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; EPILOGUE; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary In the sixteenth century a new type of practitioner emerges in Europe: the aristocrat who not only supports creative activities, but is personally involved in the projects he finances. The courts of noblemen and other wealthy individuals are transformed i
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-227) and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
English
Subject Batthyány, Boldizsár, 1538-1590.
SUBJECT Batthyány, Boldizsár, 1538-1590 fast
Subject Alchemy -- History -- 16th century
Alchemy -- History
Alchemy -- Hungary -- History
Biography: historical, political & military.
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
History of science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Austria & Hungary.
Alchemy
Hungary
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009512069
ISBN 9781443810937
1443810932
1299647413
9781299647411