Early Modern Fire

Early Modern Fire
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9789004521766
ISBN-13 : 9004521763
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Book Synopsis Early Modern Fire by : Gianenrico Bernasconi

Download or read book Early Modern Fire written by Gianenrico Bernasconi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-20 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Modern Fire offers new perspectives on the history of fire in early modern Europe (ca. 1600–1800). Far from the background role that scholarship has traditionally assigned to fire, the essays in this volume demonstrate its centrality to understanding the entangled histories of science, technology, and society in the pre-industrial period. Analysing case studies ranging from alchemy to cooking and from firefighting to fireworks, the contributors show that the history of fire is not only one of change and progress, but also of continuity, characterised by the persistence of traditional know-how, small-scale innovation, and the coexistence of different paradigms. Contributors: Gianenrico Bernasconi, Catherine Denys, Hannah Elmer, Liliane Hilaire-Pérez, Olivier Jandot, Cyril Lacheze, Andrew M.A. Morris, Cornelia Müller, Bérengère Pinaud, Stefano Salvia, Marco Storni, Marie Thébaud-Sorger, and Simon Werrett.


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