Contextualizing Practical Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

Autor

Annemie Leemans

Editura

Peter Lang Ag

An publicare

2019

Nr. Pagini

300

ISBN

9783631780442

Categorii

In Limbi Străine

Descriere

The topic of this book is practical knowledge in early modern Europe, interpreted widely as recipes containing art procedures or medical panaceas. In this book the 1) origin or creation, 2) transmission or dissemination, and 3) use or consumption are key subjects. It includes a microhistory approach to the book A Very Proper Treatise (1573).