Maximilian Hell (1720-92) and the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe

The Viennese Jesuit astronomer Maximilian Hell was a nodal figure in the eighteenth-century circulation of knowledge. This study of his career sheds light on the Enlightenment, Catholicism, reform in the Habsburg monarchy, and the cultivation of science in the Republic of Letters. Readership: Anyone...

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Main Author: Aspaas, Per Pippin (auth)
Other Authors: Kontler, László (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brill 2019
Series:Jesuit Studies
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