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William Stukeley
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Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century England
Besorgungstitel - wird vorgemerkt | Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Artikel-Nr:
9780851158648
Veröffentl:
2001
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.01.2001
Seiten:
304
Autor:
David Boyd Haycock
Gewicht:
835 g
Format:
242x163x28 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
David Boyd Haycock
Stukeley's antiquarian researches, particularly into the great stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury, were the first to reveal their great antiquity. Friend of Newton, his life embodies the classic Enlightenment confrontation between science and religion.
Part 1 The book of nature: standing on the shoulders of giants - the intellectual background; "soe suitable to my genius" - an 18th-century education; the microcosm - doctor and anatomies; the macrocosm - new theories of the universe. Part 2 The book of God: the curious itinerary - antiquities and the history of Britain; the long-lost truth - ancient history and the origins of theology; much greater than commonly imagined - Celtic Druids and the universal religion; "I have every been studious in divinity" - archaeology in Defence of Newtoninism; "a truely to-be-respected - the reputation of Dr Stukeley; these learned lives - the influence of Dr Stukeley.