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Autore |
Szulakowska Urszula |
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The sacrificial body and the day of doom : alchemy and apocalyptic discourse in the Protestant Reformation / / by Urszula Szulakowska |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-39904-3 |
9786611399047 |
1-4356-5759-4 |
90-474-2547-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Collana |
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Aries book series ; ; vol. 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Alchemy - Religious aspects - Christianity - History - 16th century |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism |
Reformation |
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Formato |
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 (p. [165]-176) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE THE COSMIC BODY OF CHRIST-ANTHROPOS -- CHAPTER TWO THE ALCHEMICAL EUCHARIST -- CHAPTER THREE ALCHEMY AND DOMESDAY -- CHAPTER FOUR THE SACRIFICIAL BODY -- CHAPTER FIVE SPIRITUAL DISSENTERS AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION -- CHAPTER SIX ROBERT FLUDD'S SACRAMENTAL MEDICINE -- CHAPTER SEVEN JACOB BOEHME AND ABRAHAM VON FRANCKENBERG -- CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSION: CHANGE AND STASIS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study positions Paracelsian alchemy, medicine and medical physiology within the apocalyptic discourse of the Protestant Reformation. A comparison is made between alchemical theory concerning the perfectibility of prime matter and Christian eschatological doctrine concerning human salvation through Christ's sacrifice in universal history and in the ritual of the mass.A detailed analysis is made of the engraved illustrations constituting an integral part of the alchemical medicine and physiology of Heinrich Khunrath, Stefan Michelspacher, Jacob Boehme, Abraham von Franckenberg and |
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