Donna A. Seger is Professor of History at Salem State University, USA

The Practical Renaissance is an ambitious survey of the terrain of practical knowledge in early modern England, as well as the diverse community of “knowledge-mongers” and readers that inhabited it. It will be of interest to historians and students who study any part of that terrain.

• Introduction: Jewels AboundPart I (1500-1557): DiffusionChapter 1: Regimens and Rules: The Rudiments of Health and Husbandry Chapter 2: Mathematics and MensurationPart II (1558-1603): DiscoveryChapter 3: Elizabethan Exploration and Experimentation: What’s New a. Alchemy Assimilatedb. New Lands, New Crops, New Cures, New Trees, New Foodsc. Husbandry and HuswiferyChapter 4: The NavigatorsPart III: (1604-1640): DebateChapter 5. The Plague and Public Health in Early Stuart LondonChapter 6: The Knowledge-Mongersa. Gervase Markham and the Way to Get Wealthb. Ready Reckoning and ReferenceBibliographyIndex

Donna A. Seger is Professor of History at Salem State University, USA

The Practical Renaissance is an ambitious survey of the terrain of practical knowledge in early modern England, as well as the diverse community of “knowledge-mongers” and readers that inhabited it. It will be of interest to historians and students who study any part of that terrain.

• Introduction: Jewels AboundPart I (1500-1557): DiffusionChapter 1: Regimens and Rules: The Rudiments of Health and Husbandry Chapter 2: Mathematics and MensurationPart II (1558-1603): DiscoveryChapter 3: Elizabethan Exploration and Experimentation: What’s New a. Alchemy Assimilatedb. New Lands, New Crops, New Cures, New Trees, New Foodsc. Husbandry and HuswiferyChapter 4: The NavigatorsPart III: (1604-1640): DebateChapter 5. The Plague and Public Health in Early Stuart LondonChapter 6: The Knowledge-Mongersa. Gervase Markham and the Way to Get Wealthb. Ready Reckoning and ReferenceBibliographyIndex

Donna A. Seger is Professor of History at Salem State University, USA

The Practical Renaissance is an ambitious survey of the terrain of practical knowledge in early modern England, as well as the diverse community of “knowledge-mongers” and readers that inhabited it. It will be of interest to historians and students who study any part of that terrain.

• Introduction: Jewels AboundPart I (1500-1557): DiffusionChapter 1: Regimens and Rules: The Rudiments of Health and Husbandry Chapter 2: Mathematics and MensurationPart II (1558-1603): DiscoveryChapter 3: Elizabethan Exploration and Experimentation: What’s New a. Alchemy Assimilatedb. New Lands, New Crops, New Cures, New Trees, New Foodsc. Husbandry and HuswiferyChapter 4: The NavigatorsPart III: (1604-1640): DebateChapter 5. The Plague and Public Health in Early Stuart LondonChapter 6: The Knowledge-Mongersa. Gervase Markham and the Way to Get Wealthb. Ready Reckoning and ReferenceBibliographyIndex