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de Raey: the mole in Leiden
Cartesianism in 17th century medical education
2020 || Hardcover || Hendrik Punt || Bibliotheca medico-historica Leidensis || met inkijkexemplaar
This book is not only meant for philosophers and medical historians, but for all who want to take a look at the extensive menu of Cartesian cuisine. The 17th-century philosopher René Descartes turned established science upside down by doubting all certainties. His critical mind rejected statements that could not be proven by the Ratio. The Ratio was the metaphor for the roots, the physics for the trunk and the medicine for the branches and leaves of the Cartesian tree.
This premise was direc...
The Company Fortress
Military Engineering and the Dutch East India Company in South Asia, 1638-1795
2020 || Paperback || Erik Odegard || Leiden University Press
The remains of Dutch East India Company forts are scattered throughout littoral Asia and Africa. But how important were the specific characteristics of European bastion-trace fortifications to Early-Modern European expansion? Was European fortification design as important for Early-Modern expansion as has been argued? This book takes on these questions by studying the system of fortifications built and maintained by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in present-day India and Sri Lanka. It unc...