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469Index Lambach, Austria  330, 336, 341 Lapland, Finland  2, 32, 174, 182–84, 209–10, 231, 237, 246, 255, 263, 276, 352 Lappianism  380, 385 Lapponia (Schefferus)  233, 236, 242, 244, 383 Lapps  209, 212, 215, 225, 230, 234–37, 239, 242–43, 245, 253, 255, 269, 362, 380, 384, 386 latitude  84, 119–20, 140, 157, 202, 204, 212–13, 228, 258–59, 262–66, 280, 284, 301, 370. See also longitude Le Gentil de la Galaisière, Guillaume  103, 144 Le Jay, Claude  59 league of the Rhineland towns  38 league of the Spiš towns  38 Leclerc, Georges-Louis Leclerc Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière  254 Leem, Knud  230–31, 236–38 Grammatica  237 Nomenclator  236–37 Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm  18, 25, 70, 72, 107–8, 118, 232, 345 Leiden, The Netherlands  13, 24, 30, 51, 78, 90, 107, 118–19, 173, 230, 324, 338 Leipzig, Germany  59, 101, 113, 164, 168, 198–99, 216, 233, 303, 320, 359 Leitha River  2, 388 Leopold I (emperor)  43, 79 Leopold ii (grand duke, king of Hungary, Holy Roman emperor)  312, 374 Leopold of Tuscany (grand duke). See Leopold ii Leroy, Julien  202 Levoča (Lőcse, Leuchovia, Leutschau), Slovakia  34, 42, 45, 57–58, 63, 71, 396 Lexell, Anders Johan  114, 168, 279, 282–83, 289–96, 368 Liechtenstein, Prince  143 Liesganig, Joseph  119, 123–26, 128, 132, 142–43, 146–47, 190, 298, 333–34, 336, 338, 340–43 Dimensio graduum meridiani Viennensis et Hungarici  124 Lima, Peru  65 Linnaeus, Carolus  107, 174–75, 181, 200, 209, 211, 244 Linnean empire  174 Linneas (Linnaea borealis)  212 Linz, Austria  47, 73, 123, 133, 305, 337, 340, 396 Lis astronomorum (Hell)  375–77 Ljubljana, Slovenia  40, 111, 113, 141, 151, 340, 396 Locke, John  18, 118 lodge (masonic)  52, 319–22 Hungarian  322 Pest  322 Zur wahren Eintracht  52, 320–22, 361 Lombardy, Italy  91, 309–10 Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasil’evich  161 London, United Kingdom  1, 9, 21, 28, 76, 109, 134, 145–46, 153, 155, 170, 175–76, 180, 183, 185, 189–92, 217, 221, 298, 307–9, 319–20, 344, 346, 349, 357–58, 366 longitude  84, 120, 122, 140, 157–59, 165, 170, 202, 204, 258, 260–61, 266, 280, 284, 289–90, 293, 301. See also latitude Louis ii (king)  40 Loyola, Ignatius of  20, 59, 250, 339, 362–63, 370 Lund, Sweden  113, 369 Luther, Martin  27, 40–41, 117 Lutheran  15, 41, 58, 90, 150–53, 233, 298, 374 Lutheranism  77 Lviv, Ukraine  113, 148–49, 298, 330, 333–34, 340–41, 343, 365 Lyngen, Norway  224 Lysogorski, Dominik (abbé)  111, 148–49, 334 Madarassy, János  130, 353, 369–70, 373 Madrid, Spain  103, 109, 111, 113, 141–42, 153, 166 magnates  42, 44–45 magnetism  35, 84–86, 88, 167, 220, 226–27, 345, 357–60 magnets  85, 87, 167, 359–60 Magyar  5, 37, 44, 47–48, 50, 55, 63–66, 74, 86, 90, 105, 118, 129, 170, 199, 232, 240, 244–45, 247–49, 252, 255, 260, 315, 325–26, 375, 378, 380–82, 387, 392 Magyar Tudományos Akadémia  5, 37, 47–48, 199
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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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