New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery - Couverture souple

Grafton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674618769 ISBN 13 : 9780674618763

Editeur : Belknap Press, 1995

Synopsis

Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional notions of the world beyond Europe.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Anthony Grafton is the author of The Footnote, Defenders of the Text, Forgers and Critics, and Inky Fingers, among other books. The Henry Putnam University Professor of History and the Humanities at Princeton University, Emeritus, he writes regularly for the London Review of Books.

April Shelford is a graduate student in history at Princeton University.

Nancy Siraisi is Distinguished Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Belknap Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674618769
• ISBN 13: 9780674618763
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible