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The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England / by Alec Ryrie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryrie, Alec, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wisdom, Gregory.
- Physicians--Great Britain.
- Physicians.
- Magicians--Great Britain.
- Magicians.
- Swindlers and swindling--Great Britain--History--16th century.
- Swindlers and swindling.
- London (England)--History--16th century.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Social conditions--16th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This lively history, set in 16th-century England, details the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX;
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03640-3
- 1-281-97570-2
- 9786611975708
- 0-19-155204-6
- OCLC:
- 476246115
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