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Alchemical belief : occultism in the religious culture of early modern England / Bruce Janacek

Author
Janacek, Bruce, 1961-
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Thomas Tymme and natural philosophy: schism and alchemical unity in the book of nature -- Robert Fludd, natural theology, and the alchemical debate of 1623 -- Francis Bacon, alchemy, and the great redemption -- Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivification of Sir Kenelm Digby -- Elias Ashmole: the collection and culmination of alchemical thought.
Summary
"Explores the practice of alchemy in the context of the religious and political tensions in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England, and the use of occult knowledge to demonstrate proof of theological doctrines"--Provided by publisher
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ISBN
9780271078038 (electronic bk.)
0271078030 (electronic bk.)
9780271050133
0271050136
9780271050140
0271050144
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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