Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Translations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Challenge Ahead 13
8. 2. The Spanish Disquiet 30
9. 3. Faith and Nature 56
10. 4. The Antwerp Polyglot: Hints of a New Natural Philosophy 87
11. 5. Arias Montano Castigated 122
12. 6. Nothing New under the Sun 153
13. 7. Premises of the Magnum opus 189
14. 8. Montanian Hermeneutics of Nature and Cosmology 225
15. 9. Meteorology, Matter Theory, and Mechanics 263
16. 10. A Biblical Natural History 290
17. 11. Disciples and Detractors 315
18. 12. Expurgated 353
19. Epilogue 377
20. Acknowledgments 385
21. Bibliography 387
22. Index 413