The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity
Contingency and certainty in early modern history
1st Edition
Published on 25. September 2017
VI, 218 pages
978-3-11-045259-4 (ISBN)
Description
The late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century saw a final resurgence of the concept of Fortuna. Shortly thereafter, this goddess of chance and luck, who had survived for millennia, rapidly lost her cultural and intellectual relevance. This volume explores the late heyday and subsequent erasure of Fortuna. It examines vernacular traditions and confessional differences, analyses how the iconography and semantics of Fortuna motifs transformed, and traces the rise of complementary concepts such as those of probability, risk, fate and contingency. Thus, a multidisciplinary team of contributors sheds light on the surprising ways in which the end of Fortuna intersected with the rise of modernity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/München/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
55 Abbildungen
55 ill.
File size
73,44 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-045259-4 (9783110452594)
Schweitzer Classification
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Contingency and certainty in early modern history
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The End of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity
Contingency and certainty in early modern history
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Persons
Arndt Brendecke und Peter Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
