Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground

by Rienk Vermij

Book Overview

This book is the first extensive study of ideas on earthquakes before the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. The earthquake had a deep impact on European culture, and the reactions to it stood in a long tradition that, before this study, had yet to be explored in detail.

Thinking on Earthquakes

investigates both scholarly theories and views that were propagated among the early modern European population. Through a chronological approach,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367492180
• ISBN13: 9780367492182
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"