Secrets played a central role in transformations in medical, alchemical, natural philosophical and commercial knowledge in early modern Europe. This volume brings together international scholars from a variety of fields to offer insights and new interpretations into the role played by secrets in their area of specialization.
Secrets played a central role in transformations in medical, alchemical, natural philosophical and commercial knowledge in early modern Europe. This volume brings together international scholars from a variety of fields to offer insights and new interpretations into the role played by secrets in their area of specialization.
Elaine Leong, University of Cambridge, UK, and Alisha Rankin, Tufts University, USA
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Chapter 1 Introduction Secrets and Knowledge, Elaine Leong, Alisha Rankin Part I Defining Secrets Chapter 1a How to Read a Book of Secrets, William Eamon Chapter 2 What is a Secret? Secrets and Craft Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Pamela H. Smith Part II Secrecy and Openness Chapter 3 The Secrets of Sir Hugh Platt, Ayesha Mukherjee Chapter 4 Robert Boyle and Secrecy, Michael Hunter Chapter 5 Openness vs. Secrecy in the Hartlib Circle: Revisiting 'Democratic Baconianism' in Interregnum England, Michelle DiMeo Part III Illicit Secrets Chapter 6 Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Revelations, Tara Nummedal Chapter 7 Face Waters, Oils, Love Magic and Poison: Making and Selling Secrets in Early Modern Rome, Tessa Storey Part IV Secrets and Health Chapter 8 Keeping Beauty Secrets in Early Modern Iberia, Montserrat CabrÃ(c) Chapter 9 Secrets to Healthy Living: The Revival of the Preventive Paradigm in Late Renaissance Italy, Sandra Cavallo Chapter 10 Secrets of Place: The Medical Casebooks of Vivant-Augustin Ganiare, Lisa Wynne Smith
Chapter 1 Introduction Secrets and Knowledge, Elaine Leong, Alisha Rankin Part I Defining Secrets Chapter 1a How to Read a Book of Secrets, William Eamon Chapter 2 What is a Secret? Secrets and Craft Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Pamela H. Smith Part II Secrecy and Openness Chapter 3 The Secrets of Sir Hugh Platt, Ayesha Mukherjee Chapter 4 Robert Boyle and Secrecy, Michael Hunter Chapter 5 Openness vs. Secrecy in the Hartlib Circle: Revisiting 'Democratic Baconianism' in Interregnum England, Michelle DiMeo Part III Illicit Secrets Chapter 6 Anna Zieglerin's Alchemical Revelations, Tara Nummedal Chapter 7 Face Waters, Oils, Love Magic and Poison: Making and Selling Secrets in Early Modern Rome, Tessa Storey Part IV Secrets and Health Chapter 8 Keeping Beauty Secrets in Early Modern Iberia, Montserrat CabrÃ(c) Chapter 9 Secrets to Healthy Living: The Revival of the Preventive Paradigm in Late Renaissance Italy, Sandra Cavallo Chapter 10 Secrets of Place: The Medical Casebooks of Vivant-Augustin Ganiare, Lisa Wynne Smith
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