Galileo Courtier

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Informed by currents in sociology, cultural anthropology, and literary theory, Galileo, Courtier is neither a biography nor a conventional history of science. I

The Broadview Reader in Book History

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Book History has emerged as one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities. By focusing on the production, circulation and rec

Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J

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Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court

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The Roman singer, courtesan, and writer Margherita Costa won prominence and fame across the courts of Italy and France during the mid-seventeenth century. She s

Galileo's Inquisition Trial Revisited

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This book shows that the known accounts of Galileo's trial leave many important facts unexplained or even clash with them. A most careful reading of the relevan