Jesuits and Fortifications
Author: Denis De Lucca
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-02-17
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9004223789
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book sheds light on the role of Jesuit mathematicians in the widespread dissemination of ideas about military architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by means of teaching, writings and consultancy activities aimed at assisting Catholic leaders in their wars against protestants and infidels.