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Autore |
Janacek Bruce <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Alchemical belief : occultism in the religious culture of early modern England / / Bruce Janacek |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 222 p. :) : ill. ; |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Alchemy - England - History |
Alchemy - Religious aspects - Christianity - History |
England Church history 1485- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-210) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. |
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