Music, Science and Natural Magic in Seventeenth-century England Penelope Gouk

Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
12 Jul 1999
ISBN:
9780300073836
Dimensions:
324 pages: 234 x 156 x 19mm
Illustrations:
1, black & white illustrations

What influence did music have in the domains of natural magic and early modern experimental science? In this highly original book, Penelope Gouk argues that developments in sixteenth-century musical practices changed English thought on science and magic in the next century. Her exploration of the relationships among these apparently separate disciplines sheds new light on the history of each.