| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 490 pages) : illustrations |
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Transformations |
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Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Contents |
1 The Identities of History in Early Modern Europe: Prelude to a Study of the Artes Historicae -- 2 Natural History, Ethics, and Physico-Theology -- 3 Praxis Historialis: The Uses of Historia in Early Modern Medicine -- 4 White Crows, Graying Hair, and Eyelashes: Problems for Natural Historians in the Reception of Aristotelian Logic and Biology from Pomponazzi to Bacon -- 5 Antiquarianism and Idolatry: The Historia of Religions in the Seventeenth Century -- 6 Between History and System -- 7 Conrad Gessner and the Historical Depth of Renaissance Natural History -- 8 Historia in Zwinger's Theatrum humanae vitae -- 9 Histories, Stories, Exempla, and Anecdotes: Michele Savonarola from Latin to Vernacular -- 10 Historiae, Natural History, Roman Antiquity, and Some Roman Physicians -- 11 Description Terminable and Interminable: Looking at the Past, Nature, and Peoples in Peiresc's Archive -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
Essays examine how the genre of historia reflects connections between the study of nature and the study of culture in early modern scholarly pursuits |
| Analysis |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
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HUMANITIES/History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Europe -- History
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Medicine -- Europe -- History
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Medicine -- Religious aspects.
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600
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Religion and Medicine
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Medicine -- Religious aspects
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Medicine
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Natural history
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| SUBJECT |
Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
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Europe https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005060 |
| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pomata, Gianna
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Siraisi, Nancy G
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| ISBN |
9780262281775 |
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0262281775 |
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1423746481 |
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9781423746485 |
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0262293900 |
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9780262293907 |
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1282100335 |
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9781282100336 |
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9786612100338 |
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6612100338 |
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