Duncan Liddel (1561-1613) : networks of polymathy and the Northern European Renaissance / edited by Pietro Daniel Omodeo in collaboration with Karin Friedrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Omodeo, Pietro Daniel.

Friedrich, Karin, 1963-

Series:

History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 17.

History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liddel, Duncan, 1561-1613.

Liddel, Duncan.

Mathematicians--Scotland--Biography.

Mathematicians.

Physicians--Scotland--Biography.

Physicians.

Knowledge, Sociology of--History.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Medicine.

History.

Science.

Renaissance.

Relations.

Intellectual life.

Scotland--Intellectual life.

Scotland.

Scotland--Relations--Germany.

Germany--Relations--Scotland.

Germany.

Renaissance--Europe, Northern.

Science--Europe, Northern--History.

Medicine--Europe, Northern--History.

International relations.

Northern Europe.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 322 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

"This collective volume in the history of early-modern science and medicine investigates the transfer of knowledge between Germany and Scotland focusing on the Scottish mathematician and physician Duncan Liddel of Aberdeen. It offers a contextualized study of his life and work in the cultural and institutional frame of the northern European Renaissance, as well as a reconstruction of his scholarly networks and of the scientific debates in the time of post-Copernican astronomy, Melanchthonian humanism and Paracelsian controversies. Contributors are: Sabine Bertram, Duncan Cockburn, Laura Di Giammatteo, Mordechai Feingold, Karin Friedrich, Elizabeth Harding, John Henry, Richard Kirwan, Jane Pirie, Jonathan Regier"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Liddel's World

1 Science and Medicine in the Humanistic Networks of the Northern European Renaissance / Pietro Daniel Omodeo Omodeo, Pietro Daniel 3

2 Confabulatory Life / Mordechai Feingold Feingold, Mordechai 22

1 The 'Intangibles' of Early-Modern Lives 22

2 Peregrinations of British Scholars in the Continent 23

3 Continental Visitors to England 27

4 Liddel in the Context of Early-Modern Confabulatory Lives 33

3 The European Career of a Scottish Mathematician and Physician / Pietro Daniel Omodeo Omodeo, Pietro Daniel 35

1 An Eventful Life: The Sources 36

2 Mathematicians at the University of Frankfurt on Oder 41

3 Breslau, a Cultural Crossroads 46

4 Rostock, Humanistic Center of Northern Europe 52

5 Helmstedt's Academia Julia 58

6 Liddel's Appointment in Helmstedt: Mathematical Philosophy and Anti-Ramism 60

7 The War of the Astronomers 65

8 Friction between Brahe and Liddel 68

9 The Brahe-Craig-Liddel Triangle: Accusations and Disputes 72

10 Liddel's Career in Helmstedt 77

11 Cramer, Liddel and Geo-Fieliocentrism in Stettin 79

12 The Hofmannstreit 82

13 The Return to Scotland 85

14 Conclusions: Networks and Knowledge Transfer 89

Part 2 Mathematics, Medicine and Epistemology

4 A Pragmatic Aspect of Polymathy: The Alliance of Mathematics and Medicine in Liddel's Time / John Henry Henry, John 93

1 Liddel's Career Trajectory from Mathematics to Medicine 94

2 Fine's Career as a Mathematician 100

3 Fernel's Passage from Mathematics to Medicine 102

4 Cardano as a Mathematician and as a Physician 105

5 The Status of Mathematics in the Renaissance 108

5 Logic, Mathematics and Natural Light: Liddel on the Foundations of Knowledge / Jonathan Regier Regier, Jonathan 113

1 Daniel Hofmann and the Wicked Syllogism 114

2 Melanchthon's Syllogistic Theology 116

3 Liddel on Truth and Disciplinary Distinction 120

4 Liddel on Natural Light and Mathematics 124

6 Liddel's Ars Medica (1607): The Effective Method as Foundation of Medical Knowledge and of Ethics / Laura Di Giammatteo Giammatteo, Laura Di 130

1 The Quarrel between Duncan Liddel and Jakob Horst: Paracelsism and Galenism at Helmstedt 131

2 The Ars Medica: The doctrina signorum as an Epistemic Tool 139

3 Liddel Leaving Helmstedt 144

Part 3 Academic Life and Higher Education

7 It's Who You Know: Scholarly Networks in Liddel's Helmstedt / Richard Kirwan Kirwan, Richard 151

1 Old Networks, New University 152

2 Scholarly Networks in Helmstedt 153

3 The Caseliani 154

4 The Theologians 159

5 Individual Strategies 162

6 The Duties of Friendship 165

8 Home-Styling Matters: Symbolic Dimensions of the Professorial Household at Liddel's Helmstedt / Elizabeth Harding Harding, Elizabeth 169

1 Styling the Material Interior 171

2 Styling Marriage Concepts and Family Life 175

3 Styling the Domestic Realm 180

4 Conclusion 185

9 Liddel and the University of Aberdeen / Duncan Cockburn Cockburn, Duncan 187

1 Early Educational Influences on Liddel 188

2 Liddel's Influence on Scotland at Helmstedt 191

3 Liddel's Retirement and Subsequent Influence 193

Part 4 New Sources

10 Liddel on the Geo-Heliocentric Controversy: His Letter to Brahe from 1600 / Pietro Daniel Omodeo Omodeo, Pietro Daniel, Jonathan Regier Regier, Jonathan 203

1 A Polemical Context 203

2 State of the Art Concerning the Geo-Heliocentric Controversy 206

3 The Letter 207

4 Original Text 211

5 Translation 214

11 Liddel's Oratio de praestantia mathematicarum / Pietro Daniel Omodeo Omodeo, Pietro Daniel 218

1 Renaissance Eulogies of Mathematics 219

2 Liddel's Oration 224

3 Text 227

Part 5 Bibliographical Reconstructions

12 Reconstructing Liddel's Library at Aberdeen / Jane Pirie Pirie, Jane 239

1 Where Are the Books? 240

2 Finding Aids 241

2.1 Manuscript Catalogues 241

2.2 Printed Lists 242

3 Identifying Liddel Books 244

3.1 Bindings 244

3.2 Signatures, Annotations, Markings and Inscriptions 248

3.3 Dedications 249

4 Liddel's Library: A Brief Overview 255

5 Imprints 256

5.1 Publication Dates 256

5.2 Place of Publication 256

5.3 Publishers 257

5.4 Languages 257

6 Mathematics and Astronomy 258

7 Theology 261

8 Liddel's Legacy 261

9 Conclusion 262

13 Liddel's Published and Unpublished Works / Sabine Bertram Bertram, Sabine 264

1 Unpublished Works 264

2 Published Works 264

2.1 Liddel's Medical Theses 264

2.2 Letters 268

2.3 Lost Works 268

2.4 Posthumous Works 269

3 Miscellaneous 269

3.1 Congratulation Poems for Liddel 269

3.2 Duke of Brunswick/Degree 269

3.3 Syllabi of Helmstedt 270

4 Disputations Presided by Duncan Liddel 270

4.1 Philosophical Disputations 270

4.2 Medical Disputations 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Duncan Liddel (1561-1613).

ISBN:

9789004310650

9004310657

OCLC:

928615030

Publisher Number:

99967803533