The practical Renaissance, information culture and the quest for knowledge in early modern England, Donna A. Seger
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The practical Renaissance, information culture and the quest for knowledge in early modern England, Donna A. Seger
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The practical Renaissance
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electronic resource
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bibliographydictionaries
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1264173212
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Donna A. Seger
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Bloomsbury eBooks.
Sub title
information culture and the quest for knowledge in early modern England
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Jewels Abound -- Part I (1500-1557): Diffusion -- Chapter 1: Regimens and -- Rules: The Rudiments of Health and Husbandry -- Chapter 2: Mathematics and -- Mensuration -- Part II (1558-1603): Discovery -- Chapter 3: Elizabethan Exploration and Experimentation: What's New -- a. -- Alchemy Assimilated -- b. New Lands, New Crops, New Cures, New Trees, New Foods -- c. -- Husbandry and Huswifery -- Chapter 4: The -- Navigators -- Part III: (1604-1640): Debate -- Chapter 5. The Plague and Public Health in Early Stuart London -- Chapter 6: The Knowledge-Mongers -- a. -- Gervase -- Markham and the Way to Get Wealth -- b. -- Ready Reckoning and Reference -- Bibliography -- Index
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