The palace of secrets : Béroalde de Verville and Renaissance conceptions of knowledge /

Encyclopaedism proposed the organization of knowledge on an ordered and unified basis. Its tenets were gainsaid by Montaigne among others. Beroalde began his career as an encyclopaedist but gradually modified his views. Kenny uses his career as the focus of this study of Renaissance thought.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kenny, Neil
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:	Béroalde de Verville, > 1556-1626 > Knowledge and learning. Béroalde de Verville, > né 1556 > Savoir et érudition. Béroalde de Verville, > 1556- Béroalde de Verville, François. France > Intellectual life > 16th century. France > Intellectual life > 17th century. Knowledge, Theory of > History. Renaissance > France. Théorie de la connaissance > Histoire. France > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle. France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle. Intellectual life. Knowledge, Theory of. Learning and scholarship. Renaissance. France. Wissenschaftstheorie Erkenntnistheorie Frankreich Kennistheorie. 1500-1699 Geschichte 1500-1630. Epistemology, history Epistemology > History Electronic books. History.
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Summary:	Encyclopaedism proposed the organization of knowledge on an ordered and unified basis. Its tenets were gainsaid by Montaigne among others. Beroalde began his career as an encyclopaedist but gradually modified his views. Kenny uses his career as the focus of this study of Renaissance thought.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-298) and index.
ISBN:	9780191673313 0191673315