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Table of contents

1. Acknowledgments VII
2. List of Illustrations IX
3. Bibliographic Abbreviations X
4. Introduction 1
   1. 1 Enlightenment(s) 7
   2. 2 Catholic Enlightenment—Enlightenment Catholicism 11
   3. 3 The Society of Jesus and Jesuit Science 17
   4. 4 What’s in a Life? 26
5. 1 Shafts and Stars, Crafts and Sciences: The Making of a Jesuit Astronomer in the Habsburg Provinces 37
   1. 1 A Regional Life World 37
   2. 2 Turbulent Times and an Immigrant Family around the Mines 44
   3. 3 Apprenticeship 53
   4. 4 Professor on the Frontier 76
6. 2 Metropolitan Lures: Enlightened and Jesuit Networks, and a New Node of Science 91
   1. 1 An Agenda for Astronomic Advance 91
   2. 2 Science in the City and in the World: Hell and the respublica astronomica 106
7. 3 A New Node of Science in Action: The 1761 Transit of Venus and Hell’s Transition to Fame 134
   1. 1 A Golden Opportunity 134
   2. 2 An Imperial Astronomer’s Network Displayed 144
   3. 3 Lessons Learned 155
   4. 4 “Quonam autem fructu?” Taking Stock 166
8. 4 The North Beckons: “A desperate voyage by desperate persons” 172
   1. 1 Scandinavian Self-Assertions 174
   2. 2 The Invitation from Copenhagen: Providence and Rhetoric 185
   3. 3 From Vienna to Vardø 195
9. 5 He Came, He Saw, He Conquered? The Expeditio litteraria ad Polum Arcticum 209
   1. 1 A Journey Finished and Yet Unfinished 210
   2. 2 Enigmas of the Northern Sky and Earth 220
   3. 3 On Hungarians and Laplanders 230
   4. 4 Authority Crumbling 256
10. 6 “Tahiti and Vardø will be the two columns […]”: Observing Venus andDebating the Parallax 258
    1. 1 Mission Accomplished 260
    2. 2 Accomplishment Contested 269
    3. 3 A Peculiar Nachleben 298
11. 7 Disruption of Old Structures 305
    1. 1 Habsburg Centralization and the De-centering of Hell 306
    2. 2 Critical Publics: Vienna, Hungary 315
    3. 3 Ex-Jesuit Astronomy: Institutions and Trajectories 330
12. 8 Coping with Enlightenments 344
    1. 1 Viennese Struggles 344
    2. 2 Redefining the Center 366
    3. Conclusion: Borders and Crossings 388
13. Appendix 1 Map of the Austrian Province of the Society of Jesus (with Glossary of Geographic Names) 394
14. Appendix 2 Instruction for the Imperial and Royal Astronomer Maximilian Hell, S.J 398
15. Bibliography 400
16. Index 459