Title Animating empire : automata, the Holy Roman Empire, and the early modern world / Jessica Keating.

Publication Info.	University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Early modern automata : an abridged history -- Ever more variations on theme at the court of Rudolf II -- The gifts that keep on giving -- A figure of speech -- Hapsburg-Ottoman diplomatic machinery -- Metamorphosis at the Mughal court -- Conclusion.
Summary	"Recounts the histories of German clockwork automata, which were given as gifts and collected in the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Mughal Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Robots -- Holy Roman Empire -- History -- 16th century.
	Robots.
	History.
Chronological Term	16th century
Subject	Robots -- Holy Roman Empire -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term	17th century
Subject	Robots in art.
	Robots in art.
Chronological Term	1500-1699
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
ISBN	9780271081496 (electronic book)
	027108149X (electronic book)
	9780271080024
	0271080027