A study of the life and works of Athanasius Kircher, "Germanus incredibilis" : with a selection of his unpublished correspondence and an annotated translation of his autobiography / by John Edward Fletcher ; edited for publication by Elizabeth Fletcher ; editorial adjustment for the Aries book series by Garry Trompf.
Material type: TextSeries: Aries book series ; v. 12.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 607 pages)Content type:- text
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- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Vita admodum Reverendi P. Athanasii Kircheri. English
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680 -- Correspondence
- Jesuits -- Germany -- Biography
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
- Jesuits
- Intellectuals -- Germany -- Biography
- Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Germany -- History -- 1517-1648 -- Biography
- Germany -- History -- 1648-1740 -- Biography
- Intellectuels -- Allemagne -- Biographies
- Savoir et érudition -- Europe -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 17e siècle
- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1517-1648 -- Biographies
- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1648-1740 -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- Intellectual life
- Intellectuals
- Learning and scholarship
- Europe
- Germany
- 1517-1740
- 943.03092 B 23
- CT1098.K46 F53 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Kircher's life and works -- pt. 2. Kircher's correspondence -- pt. 3. Kircher's life and letters -- pt. 4. Kircher's Vita with translation and annotations by John Fletcher.
Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an extraordinary polymath. His fascinating correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a key to the mind-set of the period, and the transition from medieval to modern scientific thinking.
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