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The arch-conjuror of England : John Dee / Glyn Parry.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BF1598.D5 P37 2011
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LIBRA BF1598.D5 P37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parry, G. J. R.
- 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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