Science, Culture and Popular Belief in Renaissance Europe

Science, Culture and Popular Belief in Renaissance Europe
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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 0719043220
ISBN-13 : 9780719043222
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