| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 490 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Transformations
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Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Europe -- History.
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Natural history. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Medicine -- Europe -- History.
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Medicine. |
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Europe. |
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NATURE -- Essays. |
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NATURE -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism. |
| Indexed Term |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
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HUMANITIES/History |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pomata, Gianna.
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Siraisi, Nancy G.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Historia. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005 0262162296 (DLC) 2005041560 (OCoLC)57669558 |
| ISBN |
9780262281775 (electronic book) |
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0262281775 (electronic book) |
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1423746481 (electronic book) |
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9781423746485 (electronic book) |
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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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