LEADER 03880oam 22008533 450 001 9910960010103321 005 20120607180621.0 010 $a9786613606266 010 $a9781441147776 010 $a1441147772 010 $a9781472599193 010 $a1472599195 010 $a9781280576577 010 $a128057657X 010 $a9781441142788 010 $a1441142789 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472599193 035 $a(CKB)2670000000174195 035 $a(EBL)894588 035 $a(OCoLC)787843577 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658433 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12295070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658433 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10691151 035 $a(PQKB)10860411 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL894588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554663 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360626 035 $a(OCoLC)794491413 035 $a(OCoLC)1196816485 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257750 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1744025 035 $a(OCoLC)884017320 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6160423 035 $a(OCoLC)1058474440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC894588 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6160423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1744025 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472599193BC 035 $a(Perlego)805917 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000174195 100 $a20120529d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise of alchemy in fourteenth-century England $ePlantagenet kings and the search for the philosopher's stone /$fJonathan Hughes 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781441178046 311 08$a144117804X 311 08$a9781441181831 311 08$a1441181830 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 256-273) and index. 327 $aForeword -- Section A: Alchemy and the Occult in English Cultural and Political Life. 1: Alchemy and the Occult in England ; 2: The Origins of English Alchemy and Sources for the Study of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England -- Section B: Astrology of the Earth - the Intellectual Impact of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England ; 3: Alchemy and Science and Philosophy ; 4: Alchemy and the Church ; 5: The Cultural Impact of Alchemy -- Section C: The Political Significance of Alchemy. 6: The Accession of Edward III ; 7: Alchemical Themes in the Kingship of Edward III ; 8: Richard II the Magus and Boy King ; 9: Richard II and the Occult -- Conclusion: The Lancastrian Reaction -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aAlchemists did more than try to transmute base metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines and advocated the regeneration of matter and spirit. This book illustrates how this new branch of thought became increasingly popular as the practical and theoretical knowledge of alchemists spread throughout England. Adopted by those in court and the circles of nobility for their own physical and spiritual needs, it was adapted for the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the illnesses of the body politic and its hea 606 $aAlchemy$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMedicine$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric$zEngland 606 $2Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought 615 0$aAlchemy$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric 676 $a540.112094209023 700 $aHughes$b Jonathan$f1952-$0549296 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960010103321 996 $aThe rise of alchemy in fourteenth-century England$94479637 997 $aUNINA