Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England / Eric H. Ash.

  • Ash, Eric H., 1972-
Date:
2004
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Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

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viii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Expert mediators and Elizabethan England -- German miners, English mistrust, and the importance of being "expert" -- Expert mediation and the rebuilding of Dover Harbor -- Early mathematical navigation in England -- Secants, sailors, and Elizabethan manuals of navigation -- Francis Bacon and the expertise of natural philosophy -- Conclusion: Power, authority, and the expert mediator.

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  • 0801879922