LEADER 02950nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910454264903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-97570-2 010 $a9786611975708 010 $a0-19-155204-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707482 035 $a(EBL)415968 035 $a(OCoLC)476246115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248764 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248764 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10202252 035 $a(PQKB)10253414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415968 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415968 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279230 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL197570 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707482 100 $a20080603d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sorcerer's tale$b[electronic resource] $efaith and fraud in Tudor England /$fAlec Ryrie 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-957090-6 311 $a0-19-922996-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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; 330 $aA lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged. - ;An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book, 606 $aSwindlers and swindling$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aMagic$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aConspiracies$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aCrime$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y16th century 607 $aEngland$xSocial conditions$y16th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yTudors, 1485-1603 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSwindlers and swindling$xHistory 615 0$aMagic$xHistory 615 0$aConspiracies$xHistory 615 0$aCrime$xHistory 676 $a364.163092 676 $a942.05092 700 $aRyrie$b Alec$0850612 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454264903321 996 $aThe sorcerer's tale$91899318 997 $aUNINA