The arch-conjuror of England : John Dee /
Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527-1609) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this fascinating book -- the first full-length biography of Dee based on primary historical s...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2011].
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Obsah:
- A world full of magic
- The rays of celestial virtue
- Conjuring the future
- A royal occult institute
- The Kabbalah of creation
- "The great conjuror"
- Hunting for the philosopher's stone
- War amongst the alchemists
- Recovering the lost empire
- "More is hid, than uttered" : the philosopher's stone and empire
- Rehabilitating "the arch-conjuror"
- Defending Elizabeth against the dark arts
- "The winking eye of Achitophel"
- "Misbegotten time" : reforming the calendar
- Called to a king's office : Laski and the second coming
- "Chief governor of our philosophical proceedings"
- The magnificent master alchemist
- The counter-revolution against magic
- Conjuring up a Spanish conquest
- Checkmate : exiling the conjuror to Manchester
- Demonising the exorcists.