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This volume includes papers presented during a symposium on the spreading of the scientific revolution outside Western European countries, which was held during

At the end of the 15th century, Portugal was given the oversight (Padroado) of all Catholic missions in Asia. The Society of Jesus played a major role in this e

An account of European knowledge of the natural world, c.1500-1700.

This book gives an overview of the relationship between science and Christian Orthodoxy, the official church of the Eastern Roman Empire.