Dissertation Research: Circumscribing the Nature of the Natural: Inquisition, canonization and views of nature at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution

论文研究：界定自然的本质：科学革命初期的探究、经典化和自然观

• 批准号: 0115198
• 负责人: Michael Shank
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0115198&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Circumscribing; Nature; Natural

The late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries found European science in flux, as new theories and discoveries reshaped Europe's intellectual life. At the same time, Europe's religious makeup was shifting, as Protestant and Catholic reforms altered doctrine and practice. This dissertation research project examines the ways in which science and religion interacted on the ground in this pivotal period, by investigating how the Catholic Church defined and policed the boundary between the natural and the supernatural. This dissertation will contribute to these key areas by drawing upon Church investigations into two spheres of supernatural power: magic and sainthood. Research funds will support a nine-month research trip to Italy to work primarily at the Archivio di Stato, the Archivio della Curia Patriarcale, and the Marciana library.

16世纪末17世纪初，随着新的理论和发现重塑了欧洲的知识生活，欧洲的科学处于不断变化的状态。与此同时，随着新教和天主教的改革改变了教义和实践，欧洲的宗教构成正在发生变化。这篇论文的研究项目通过调查天主教会如何定义和监督自然和超自然之间的边界，来考察在这个关键时期科学和宗教如何在地面上相互作用。这篇论文将通过教会对两个超自然力量领域的调查来为这些关键领域做出贡献：魔法和圣徒身份。研究基金将支持一次为期九个月的意大利研究之旅，主要是在土豆档案馆、库里亚爱国档案馆和马西亚纳图书馆工作。