Sacred Habitat - Nature and Catholicism in the Early Modern Spanish Atlantic

Investigates the links between religion, empire, and the study of nature across the Spanish world during a period of Iberian global expansion, showing how geographies, cosmographies, and natural history were used to advance multiple Catholic goals.

About the author

Dr. Ran Segev is an early modern historian whose work explores the intersection of religion, knowledge, and the environment.

Product details

• Authors: Ran Segev, Ran (Universitat Hamburg) Segev
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2023
• EAN: 9780271095332
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09533-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755; Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, RELIGION / Religion & Science, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of the Americas, Religion & science, Spanish Civil War, HISTORY / Europe / Spain