This interdisciplinary collection explores how the early modern pursuit of knowledge in very different spheres – from Inquisitional investigations to biblical

Aims to bring together essays that explore how knowledge was obtained and demonstrated in Europe during an intellectually explosive four centuries, when standar

From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the `long seventee

"A tour de force." - Vladimir Steffel, Ohio State University

The topic of certitude is much debated today. On one side, commentators such as Charles Krauthammer urge us to achieve "moral clarity." On the other, those like