New Findings about the Life of David Gans (1541-1613) and his Closest Relatives: a Study and Source Editions

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RIV/70979391:_____/16:N0000027

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New Findings about the Life of David Gans (1541-1613) and his Closest Relatives: a Study and Source Editions

Original language description

Whereas David Gans´ scientific work in the fields of historiography, astronomy and cosmography is subject of detailed research, his personal history is dealt with to a much lesser extent. The present study based on newly discovered sources introduces David Gans´ children and proposes the identification of his father-in-law with the Prague physician of Italian extraction, Abba Mari ben Elijah Halfan (died 346/1586). The study challenges the traditional view that Gans was an economically independent person who might dedicate his time to scientific research. It is demonstrated that, in mid-1590s, Gans moved to the rural township of Byšice (ca. 35 km north from Prague) where he was engaged in money-lending to burghers and peasants. The hitherto unknown „real-life“ Gans is shown as a business-like man catering for Prague rabbinical and economic élites during their flight before the plague and the founder of the Byšice Jewish cemetery. The attention is paid to Gans´ encounter, in 1600, with Tycho Brahe and Johann Kepler and to his work on the astronomical treatise Magen David. The study shortly recalls the history of David Gans´descendants living in Prague, Byšice and Brandýs nad Labem. The study presents an edition of the most important Czech, German and Hebrew sources.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AB - History

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Judaica Bohemiae

ISSN

0022-5738

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Volume of the periodical

51

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

59

Pages from-to

5-63

UT code for WoS article

000389826600001

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