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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc played an important role in the intellectual culture of his time. This work examines both the man and his circle, which included Pope Urban VIII and Galileo. It brings into focus the early 17th-century world of learning - its people, places and ideas.

Peirescs Europe

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 10 November 2000
      ISBN-13 9780300082524
      978-0300082524
      ISBN-10 0300082525
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      Biography: adventurers and explorers Biography: historical, political and military History of ideas

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      Book Synopsis
      Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc played an important role in the intellectual culture of his time. This work examines both the man and his circle, which included Pope Urban VIII and Galileo. It brings into focus the early 17th-century world of learning - its people, places and ideas.

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