Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground 1000258734, 9781000258738

This book is the first extensive study of ideas on earthquakes before the Lisbon earthquake in 1755. The earthquake had

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Thinking on Earthquakes in Early Modern Europe: Firm Beliefs on Shaky Ground
1000258734, 9781000258738

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