The Age of Genius – Harold Raitt

Map
Author’s Note

Introduction
1. Seeing the Universe
2. The Epoch in Human History
A Time of Wars
1. The Origins of the Wars
2. The Loss of the Palatinate
3. The Mercenary Captains
4. The Edict of Restitution, 1629
5. The Swedish Apogeee
6. From Wallenstein to Breisach
7. Towards Westphalia
8. In the Ruins of Europe
9. The Maritime Conflicts
The Cumulation of Ideas
1. The Intelligencers
2. The Short Ways to Knowledge
3. Dr Dee and the Potent Art
4. The Rosicrucian Scare
From Magic to Science
1. From Magic to Method
2. The Birth of Science
3. War and Science
The Social Order
1. Society and Politics
2. Language and Belief
Conclusion
1. Is it a Myth?

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