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Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe.

"Larvatus prodeo," announced René Descartes at the beginning of the seventeenth century: "I come forward, masked." Deliberately disguising or silencing their most intimate thoughts and emotions, many early modern Europeans besides Descartes-princes, courtiers, aristocrats and co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Snyder, Jon R., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: CA : University of California Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Not Empty Silence; 2. Taking One's Distance; 3. Confidence Games; 4. The Government of Designs; 5. The Writing on the Walls; Notes; Bibliography; Index.