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The palace of secrets : Béroalde de Verville and Renaissance conceptions of knowledge
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Neil, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of--History--France.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Renaissance.
- Béroalde de Verville, 1556-1626--Knowledge and learning.
- Béroalde de Verville.
- France--Intellectual history--16th century.
- France.
- France--Intellectual history--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 305 p.) : ill., 1 facsim.
- Other Title:
- palace of secrets
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Encyclopaedism proposed the organization of knowledge on an ordered and unified basis. Its tenets were gainsaid by Montaigne among others. Beroalde began his career as an encyclopaedist but gradually modified his views. Kenny uses his career as the focus of this study of Renaissance thought.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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