The incomparable Monsignor : Francesco Bianchini's world of science, history, and court intrigue /

This chapter discusses Monsignor Francesco Bianchini's birth in Verona and his education in Bologna, Padua, and Rome. It mentions how Bianchini emerged well-trained in the Jesuit humanistic curriculum and Galilean science. He was a diplomat by nature and necessity and his ambitions were moderat...

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Heilbron, J.L
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
Zusammenfassung:
This chapter discusses Monsignor Francesco Bianchini's birth in Verona and his education in Bologna, Padua, and Rome. It mentions how Bianchini emerged well-trained in the Jesuit humanistic curriculum and Galilean science. He was a diplomat by nature and necessity and his ambitions were moderate, as were his means, namely his parents, Gaspare and Cornelia, that were Venetian subjects of the merchant class. The chapter describes the Bianchini family that lived at the Ponte delle Navi, a bridge over the Adige close to the church of San Fermo Maggiore. Bianchini's nephew and first biographer, Alessandro Mazzoleni, mentioned singular piety as the first among his uncle's character traits.
Umfang:
336 pages illustrations(colour)
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford scholarship online
ISBN:
0-19-267060-3
0-19-267061-1
0-19-194727-X
Schlagworte:
Scientists > Italy > Biography.
Philosophers > Italy > Biography.
Intellectual life.
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