Peiresc's Europe : Learning and Virtue in the

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) was, during his lifetime, one of Europe's most famous men. This book is the first in English to portray this extraordinary man as well as his whole circle, including Pope Urban VIII, Galileo, Peter-Paul Rubens, and Hugo Grotius, and many others. Looking through the lens of Peiresc's life, Peter N. Miller brings into focus the entire early seventeenth-century world of learning.

List of Illustrations

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Sources and Abbreviations

xiv

Introduction

1

(15)

Peiresc: Free Mind and Friend

16

(33)

Constancy, Conversation, and Friendship: The `Civil Life of Private Men'

49

(27)

The Ancient Constitution and the Antiquarian: Peiresc in Politics

76

(26)

The Theology of a Scholar: Antiquaries and Accommodation

102

(28)

History as Philosophy: Time and the Antiquarian

130

(25)

Conclusion

155

(6)

Notes

161

(64)

Index

225

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Peiresc's Europe : Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century

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