Thinking on earthquakes in early modern Europe: firm beliefs on shaky ground

"This book is the first extensive study of ideas on earthquakes before the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. Earthquakes had a deep impact on pre-modern European culture and reactions to them stood in a long tradition that, before this study, had yet to be explored in detail. Thinking on Earthquakes i...

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1. Verfasser: Vermij, Rienk 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:"This book is the first extensive study of ideas on earthquakes before the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. Earthquakes had a deep impact on pre-modern European culture and reactions to them stood in a long tradition that, before this study, had yet to be explored in detail. Thinking on Earthquakes investigates both scholarly theories and views that were propagated among the early modern European population. A range of events are explored, including the Ferrara earthquake in 1570 and the Vienna earthquake in 1590, making this study an invaluable source for students and scholars of the history of science and the history of ideas in early modern Europe"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 228-249
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Beschreibung:ix, 256 Seiten
ISBN:9780367492182
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