Peiresc’s Mediterranean World
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 17th Century, Reference, Historiography, European General
| Author: | Peter N. Miller | ISBN: | 9780674425774 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter N. Miller |
| ISBN: | 9780674425774 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc was the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. His insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge. Mining his 70,000-page archive, Peter N. Miller recovers a lost Mediterranean world of the early seventeenth century.
Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc was the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. His insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge. Mining his 70,000-page archive, Peter N. Miller recovers a lost Mediterranean world of the early seventeenth century.
