Reading The Book Of Nature: The Other Side Of The Scientific Revolution (sixteenth Century Essays And Studies, V.41) (sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)

Fifteen essays in the history of science teach us that we must judge the work of earlier authors in its entirety and relate these views to the medical, religious, and even the political maelstrom of the period. The present volume is composed of papers read at a series of sessions centered on the history of Renaissance and early modern science and medicine held in Saint Louis at the Sexteenth Century Studeies Conference, October 24-27, 1996 ALTHOUGH CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, AND JEWS often disagreed on the interpretation of Holy Writ, all accepted the Genesis account of the creation as part of God's communication to man and therefore true. Papers read at a series of sessions centered on the history of Renaissance and early modern science and medicine, held in St. Louis at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, October 24-27, 1996.