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The sword and the crucible : Count Boldzsar Batthydany and natural philosophy in sixteenth-century Hungary / by Dora Bobory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bobory, Dóra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy--History--16th century.
- Alchemy.
- Alchemy--History.
- Alchemy--Hungary--History.
- Batthyány, Boldizsár, 1538-1590.
- Batthyány, Boldizsár.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the sixteenth century a new type of practitioner emerges in Europe: the aristocrat who not only supports creative activities, but is personally involved in the projects he finances. The courts of noblemen and other wealthy individuals are transformed i
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; EPILOGUE; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-1093-2
- OCLC:
- 459231987
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