John Dee interdisciplinary studies in English Renaissance thought /

"The career of John Dee has played a significant role in recent historiographical debates about the relationship between magic and science in the early modern period. This collection of interdisciplinary essays, which addresses a wide range of Dee's diverse intellectual activities (includi...

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Other Authors: Clucas, Stephen, 1960-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2006.
Dordrecht, the Netherlands : [2006]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 366 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles.
Series: Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 193.
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Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION; JOHN DEE'S NATURAL PHILOSOPHY REVISITED; WINGS (OR STAIRS) TO THE HEAVENS; LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON?; JOHN DEE AND ASTROLOGY IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND; JOHN DEE'S INTEREST IN THE APPLICATION OF NAUTICAL SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND LAW TO ENGLISH NAVAL AFFAIRS; JOHN DEE'S COLUMBIAN ENCOUNTER; JOHN DEE AND THE KABBALAH; THE ALCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JOHN DEE'S MONAS HIEROGLYPHICA; JOHN DEE AND THE MAGIC TABLES IN THE BOOK OF SOYGA; PARACELSUS, SCRYING, AND THE LINGUA ADAMICA; JOHN DEE'S ANGELIC CONVERSATIONS AND THE ARS NOTORIA.