The Young Descartes : Nobility, Rumor, and War /: Nobility, Rumor, and War. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harold J. Cook.
• Authors: Cook, Harold J
• Contents: Preface Part 1 Mysteries: Remains of a Hidden Life Words on Paper In Search of a Person behind the Words Part 2 A France of Broken Families Families Politiques Breaking with His Father Aristocratic Paris Libertine Paris A Political Education Part 3 Gearing Up for War: Mathematical Inspirations Breda Military Engineering Meeting Isaac Beeckman The Holy Roman Empire Anxious Dreams Curious Meetings Part 4 War and Diplomacy in Europe Into Bohemia To Hungary and Disaster The Baltic and Return to The Netherlands Again in France Paris and the Rosicrucian Scare The Valtellina and Rome Part 5 The Struggle for France Problems with the Cardinal The Campaign for La Rochelle Confrontation and Departure The Meetings Confrontation and Conversation Becoming a Sectarian Feeling Threatened Exile Part 6 Not Yet Concluded Chronological Table List of Early Correspondence and Publications Acknowledgments For Further Reading Notes Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: History -- General; History -- Europe -- General; History -- Modern -- 16th Century; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Renaissance; Biography & Autobiography -- Philosophers; Science -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226540092
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.