Thesis
John Aubrey's antiquarian scholarship: a study in the seventeenth-century Republic of Letters
- Abstract:
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The writings of John Aubrey (1626-1697) cover a variety of subjects, including natural philosophy, mathematics, educational theory, biography, and magic, among others. His principal scholarly interest, however, was antiquarianism, the early modern discipline which embraced subjects such as archaeology, anthropology, and palaeography. This thesis is a study of Aubrey’s antiquarian writings within the context of the European Republic of Letters.
It begins with a revisionary survey o...
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Funding
+ Mellon Foundation -- Cultures of Knowledge Project
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Jackson Williams, K
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2012
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:7430
- Deposit date:
- 2013-10-08
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Jackson Williams, K
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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