Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation.
Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British...
The contributions to this volume are united by a common interest in the practices that shaped 'science' in the early modern period, with a special emphasis on the ones bred by the emulation, competition, and conflict that encounters across the globe betwee
The contributions to this volume are united by a common interest in the practices that shaped 'science' in the early modern period, with a special emp...
This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg, Iberian, French and British empires, as well as China, contributors seize the spatial dynamics of the scientific enterprise.
This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases,...
Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation.
Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British...
