Maximilian Hell (1720-92) and the ends of Jesuit science in enlightenment Europe
The Viennese Jesuit court astronomer Maximilian Hell was a nodal figure in the eighteenth-century circulation of knowledge. He was already famous by the time of his celebrated 1769 expedition for the observation of the transit of Venus in northern Scandinavia. However, the 1773 suppression of his or...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Jesuit studies
volume 27 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hell, Maximilian 1720-1792
/ Jesuits
/ Enlightenment
/ Catholicism
/ History 1700-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Education B Jesuits |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Maximilian Hell (1720–92) and the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe. - Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020 |