The Astronomer and the Witch
Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother
(Sprache: Englisch)
Shortlisted for the 2017 Dingle Prize
The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
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Shortlisted for the 2017 Dingle Prize
The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
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The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.
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- Timeline of Johannes Kepler's Life, 1571-1620
- Note on Dates
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Maps
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1: Katharina's Life
- 2: A Lutheran Court
- 3: The Year of the Witches
- 4: Kepler's Strategies
- 5: A Family Responds
- 6: Movements of the Soul
- 7: The Trial Continues
- 8: Other Witches
- 9: Katharina's Imprisonment
- 10: Kepler's Return
- 11: The Defence
- 12: The Trial Ends
- 13: Kepler's Dream
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Further Reading and Viewing
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Ulinka Rublack
Ulinka Rublack is Professor at the University of Cambridge and has published widely on early modern European history as well as approaches to history. She edited the Oxford Concise Companion to History (2011), and, most recently, the Oxford Handbook of the Protestant Reformation (2016). Her monographs include Reformation Europe (2005), The Crimes of Women in Early Modern Germany (1999), and Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe (2010), which won the Roland H. Bainton Prize.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ulinka Rublack
- 2017, 400 Seiten, Maße: 0,9 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198736789
- ISBN-13: 9780198736783
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.10.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Compelling. Hannah Murphy, Isis Review
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