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460 Index Austrian Province, Jesuit  55, 394–95 Avars  240, 249 Bachoff von Echt, Johann Friedrich  186–87, 189, 193–95, 198, 209 Bacon, Francis  31–32, 385 Advancement of Learning  385 Baia Mare (Nagybánya, Rivulus Dominarum, Neustadt), Romania  47 Baja California, Mexico  136–37, 189, 191, 279 Balajthi, Máté  129–30, 353, 370 Balkan Orthodox Serbs  46 Banat region, Central Europe  71, 98, 320 Bane, Štiavnické  34, 37, 46–47 Banská Bystrica (Besztercebánya, Neosolium, Neusohl), Slovakia  34, 37–42, 45, 53, 55, 57, 63–64, 74, 123, 129, 396 Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya, Schemic[z] ium, Schemnitz), Slovakia  34, 37–49, 51–54, 59, 63, 65, 71, 73, 104, 107, 389, 397 Barcsay, Ábrahám  380, 386 Barents Sea  229 Barkóczy, Ferenc  130 Bartakovics, József  66 Basel, Switzerland  84, 118, 342 Batavia, Indonesia  137, 144, 177, 192. See also Jakarta Báthori, István  41 Batthyány, Ignác  82, 370 Battle of Mohács  39, 76 Battle of Trenčín  48–49 Baudouin, Baudouin de Guémadeuc, Armand-Henri  162–64 Bavaria, Germany  45–46, 55–56, 113, 321 Bay of Mexico  229 Bel/Bél, Matej/Mátyás/Matthias  50, 90, 199, 233, 241, 323 Notitia Hungariae  50, 323 Belgium  195, 197 Benczur, József  254 Benedict xiv (pope)  129 Benedictine observatory  336 Benedictines  15, 18, 93, 107, 113, 151, 334–35 Benzon, Jacob  203 Bercsényi, Miklós  48 Bergrath  72 Bergwissenschaften (mineralogy and chemistry)  51 Berlin, Germany  5, 12, 83, 93, 96, 109, 113, 123, 128, 164, 171, 182, 277, 288, 298–99, 301, 308, 334–38, 340, 342, 349–50, 355, 365, 368, 372, 377–78 Bernoulli, Johann iii  83–84, 93, 101, 128, 171, 182, 277, 279, 288, 294, 332, 334–38, 340, 342, 350, 365, 372, 377–78 Nouvelles littéraires  279, 332, 340 Recueil pour les astronomes  101, 171 Bernstorff, Johann Hartvig Ernst  186–87, 189, 195, 201–2, 209, 239 Berzeviczy, Gergely  323 Bessenyei, György  325–29, 383–86 A magyar nemzetnek szokásairul…  326–27 A magyar néző  326 A’ törvénynek útja  328 “Egész Európa’ formája a xidik Százban”  327 Magyarországnak törvényes állása  328–29, 383 Bethlen, Gábor  78 Beyträge zur Praktischen Astronomie (Hell)  354 black-drop effect  161, 167, 268 Blaeu atlas (Blaeu)  246 Blaeu, Joan Blaeu atlas  246 Bocskai, István  42 Bode, Johann Elert  109–10, 182, 277, 336, 355, 377 Bohemia  38, 46, 50, 56, 59, 122, 154, 313, 316 Bologna, Italy  24, 28, 44, 103, 111, 113–14, 134, 152, 154, 243, 345 Borchgrevink, Jens Finne  172, 181, 200, 212, 221–22, 267–68, 272, 275, 281, 287, 292, 294, 301 Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe (Ruđer Josip Bošković)  4, 25–26, 62, 69, 75, 109, 124–27, 143, 152, 189–91, 217–18, 287–88, 295, 366, 390 Dissertationes quinque ad dioptricam pertinentes  125 Botanical Garden, Vienna  107 Brahe, Tycho  23, 178, 355 Brandenburg, Germany  45, 195 Bratislava (Pozsony, Posonium, Pressburg), Slovakia  5, 37, 39, 42–43, 45–46, 48–49, 63–64, 97, 101, 128–29, 199, 249, 252, 379–80, 396 Bredal, Niels Krog  180, 214
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Maximilian Hell (1720–92) And the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe
Title
Maximilian Hell (1720–92)
Subtitle
And the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe
Authors
Per Pippin Aspaas
László Kontler
Publisher
Brill
Location
Leiden
Date
2020
Language
English
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-90-04-41683-3
Size
15.5 x 24.1 cm
Pages
492
Categories
Naturwissenschaften Physik

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
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