Defenders of the Text: The Traditions of Scholarship in an Age of Science, 1450-1800
- ISBN-10
- 0674195450
- ISBN-13
- 9780674195455
- Category
- Europe
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Anthony Grafton
Description
This book traces the relationship between humanism and science from the mid-fifteenth century to the beginning of the modern period and demonstrates that humanism was neither a simple nor an impractical enterprise, but worked hand-in-hand with science in developing modern learning.
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