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Kircher’s Bohemia: Jesuit Networks and Habsburg Patronage in the Seventeenth Century
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SYSNO ASEP 0524780 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Kircher’s Bohemia: Jesuit Networks and Habsburg Patronage in the Seventeenth Century Author(s) Lelková, Iva (FLU-F) SAI, RID, ORCID
Findlen, P. (US)
Sutherland, S. (US)Source Title Erudition and the Republic of Letters. - : Brill - ISSN 2405-5050
Roč. 5, č. 2 (2020), s. 163-206Number of pages 44 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords Athanasius Kircher ; early modern correspondence ; digital humanities ; Voynich manuscript ; alchemy ; Bohemia Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) R&D Projects GB14-37038G GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 000644803700002 EID SCOPUS 85086047272 DOI 10.1163/24055069-00502002 Annotation This study analyzes the relations between the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) and his correspondents in Bohemia and elsewhere in Central Europe. This research began as a digital humanities project. By analyzing data from Kircher’s correspondence with the Palladio visualization tool, we discovered a remarkable number of letters that had been sent from Bohemia, especially early on. The Jesuit network proved crucial for Kircher’s early career advancement, and he benefited, for example, from Jesuit immigration to Bohemia after the Battle of White Mountain. Our research considers how a correspondence network, that was Jesuit in origin, had expanded to include scholars, noblemen, and even the emperor and his court. All of them supported Kircher, discussed his works, and were highly invested in them. Finally, we turn to explore why Kircher ultimately fell out of favour with the imperial court, while remaining a major figure in Jesuit scholarship in Central Europe throughout the seventeenth century. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2021 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1163/24055069-00502002
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