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Alchemical belief : occultism in the religious culture of early modern England / Bruce Janacek.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BR757 .J36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janacek, Bruce, 1961-
- Series:
- Magic in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy.
- History.
- Alchemy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- England--Church history--1485-.
- England.
- Church history.
- Alchemy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Alchemy--England--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 222 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- "Explores the practice of alchemy in the context of the religious and political tensions in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England, and the use of occult knowledge to demonstrate proof of theological doctrines"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Thomas Tymme and natural philosophy: schism and alchemical unity in the book of nature
- Robert Fludd, natural theology, and the alchemical debate of 1623
- Francis Bacon, alchemy, and the great redemption
- Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivification of Sir Kenelm Digby
- Elias Ashmole: the collection and culmination of alchemical thought.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780271050133
- 0271050136
- OCLC:
- 716069752
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