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What is secularisation?

In this video you'll learn the different meanings that the notion of 'secularisation' might have when referred to early modern science.

In this video Andrea Sangiacomo will explain to you the different meanings that the notion of ‘secularisation’ might have when referred to early modern science. By distinguishing these meanings we can obtain a more nuanced understanding of the way in which scientific and religious factors affected the emergence of early modern science.

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