Chapter 10. A Possible Support for Irreligion: The Sciences

  1. James B. Collins,
  2. Karen L. Taylor
  1. Lucien Febvre

Published Online: 25 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470774212.ch10

Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations

Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations

How to Cite

Febvre, L. (2008) A Possible Support for Irreligion: The Sciences, in Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations (eds J. B. Collins and K. L. Taylor), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470774212.ch10

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 25 FEB 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780631228929

Online ISBN: 9780470774212

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Keywords:

  • sciences;
  • renaissance;
  • cosmography;
  • ptolemy;
  • romans

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Introduction

  • Notes

  • The Old Myth of the Renaissance

  • Printing and Its Effects: Hearsay

  • The Lack of Tools and of a Scientific Language

  • Fluid Time, Stagnant Time

  • Notes