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The arch-conjuror of England : John Dee / Glyn Parry.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Parry, G. J. R.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dee, John, 1527-1608.
Dee, John.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Friends and associates.
Alchemists.
Astrologers.
Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Biography.
Great Britain.
History.
England.
Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.
Scientists.
Occultists--Great Britain--Biography.
Occultists.
Astrologers--England--Biography.
Alchemists--Great Britain--Biography.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Friends and associates.
Elizabeth.
Intellectuals--Great Britain--Biography.
Intellectuals.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--16th century.
Intellectual life.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xii, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
Contents:
1 A World Full of Magic 1
2 The Rays of Celestial Virtue 16
3 Conjuring the Future 30
4 A Royal Occult Institute 38
5 The Kabbalah of Creation 47
6 'The Great Conjuror' 60
7 Hunting for the Philosopher s Stone 71
8 War Amongst the Alchemists 81
9 Recovering the Lost Empire 94
10 'More is hid, than uttered': The Philosopher's Stone and Empire 103
11 Rehabilitating 'The Arch-Conjuror' 114
12 Defending Elizabeth against the Dark Arts 127
13 'The winking eye of Achitophel' 138
14 'Misbegotten time': Reforming the Calendar 146
15 Called to a King's Office: Laski and the Second Corning 162
16 'Chief Governor of our Philosophical proceedings' 179
17 The Magnificent Master Alchemist 194
18 The Counter-Revolution Against Magic 205
19 Conjuring up a Spanish Conquest 217
20 Checkmate: Exiling the Conjuror to Manchester 238
21 Demonising the Exorcists 257.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780300117196
0300117191
OCLC:
744977409

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