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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7956
dc.title	1 • Introduction
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This study aims to present a case of confessionalisation of science by focusing on the cosmological controversies raised by the appropriation of Tycho Brahe’s astronomical theories within the Jesuit milieu. It discusses the intellectual and scientific framework that led Jesuits to eventually adopting the geo-heliocentric system of Tycho Brahe and the historiography on confessionalization of science and Jesuit scientific practices in the early modern period.
dc.relation.ispartof	Knowledge Hegemonies in the Early Modern World
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-03-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-03-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-886-969-662-6/1-introduction/
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-886-969-662-6
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-886-969-661-9
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This study aims to present a case of confessionalisation of science by focusing on the cosmological controversies raised by the appropriation of Tycho Brahe’s astronomical theories within the Jesuit milieu. It discusses the intellectual and scientific framework that led Jesuits to eventually adopting the geo-heliocentric system of Tycho Brahe and the historiography on confessionalization of science and Jesuit scientific practices in the early modern period.

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March 22, 2023

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