Calculators in Divinity: Henry Savile and Thomas Bradwardine
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Abstract This essay discusses the immediate context and form of publication Henry Savile’s edition Thomas Bradwardine’s De causa Dei (1618). It sets out political theological significance work in relation to publications King’s Printers, Synod Dort, activities Archbishop Abbot. moves on consider how was made, resituating it Oxford intellectual life early 1610s broader world controversy, identifying some those who conceived assisted with work. considers which manuscripts were used making edition.
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عنوان ژورنال: Erudition and the republic of letters
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2405-5050', '2405-5069']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24055069-06010002