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...
Other Authors: | Clucas, Stephen, 1960-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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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. |
Subjects: |
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.