Anatomising ‘Athens’: Architecture, Medicine, and the Lieux de Savoir in Early Modern Edinburgh

This paper contends that Edinburgh’s international reputation as a centre for intellectual excellence rested on a unique context which favoured the spread of ideas and research. Crucially, strands which coalesced were its excellence in medicine, related to other scientific enquiry; its topography, w...

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Main Author: Ann-Marie Akehurst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAES 2023-06-01
Series:Angles
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/angles/6526