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Alchemical belief : occultism in the religious culture of early modern England / Bruce Janacek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Janacek, Bruce, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Magic in history.
- Magic in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy--England--History.
- Alchemy.
- Alchemy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- England--Church history--1485-.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 222 p. :) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-210) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271078038
- 0271078030
- OCLC:
- 966768797
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