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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World (Writing the Early Americas)

Ralph Bauer

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Description:"This book explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the conquest of America and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. While the roots of the modern 'conquistadorial' attitude toward nature lie in late medieval alchemy, which fused Aristotelian reason with Christian apocalypticism in the militant context of crusade and spiritual conquest, this book argues that the modern idea of what it means to discover something has a colonial history in which conquest legitimated the modern (Baconian) idea of discovery by underwriting it with religious messianism and early modern state power. Thus, the book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of such late medieval alchemists as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Jos�e de Acosta, Nicol�as Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt"--We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World (Writing the Early Americas). To get started finding The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World (Writing the Early Americas), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "This book explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the conquest of America and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. While the roots of the modern 'conquistadorial' attitude toward nature lie in late medieval alchemy, which fused Aristotelian reason with Christian apocalypticism in the militant context of crusade and spiritual conquest, this book argues that the modern idea of what it means to discover something has a colonial history in which conquest legitimated the modern (Baconian) idea of discovery by underwriting it with religious messianism and early modern state power. Thus, the book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of such late medieval alchemists as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Jos�e de Acosta, Nicol�as Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt"--We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World (Writing the Early Americas). To get started finding The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World (Writing the Early Americas), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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