John Dee: The World of the Elizabethan Magus

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Routledge, 15 окт. 2013 г. - Всего страниц: 272
First published in 1987. John Dee was Renaissance England's first Hermetic magus, a philosopher magician. He was also a respected practical scientist, an immensely learned man who investigated all areas of knowledge. In this fine biography, Peter French shows that not only magic and science, but geography, antiquarianism, theology and the fine arts were fields in which Dee was deeply involved. Through his teaching, writing and friendships with many of the most important figures of the age, Dee was at the centre of great affairs and had a profound influence on major developments in sixteenth-century England. Peter French places this extraordinary individual within his proper historical context, describing the whole world of Renaissance science, Platonism and Hermetic magic.
 

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John Dees Reputation
19
The Development of an English Magus
25
Elizabethan Englands Greatest Library
41
John Dee and the Hermetic Philosophy
74
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Magic Science and Religion
95
John Dee and the Sidney Circle
147
Applied Science
160
John Dee as an Antiquarian
188
Conclusion
208
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Peter French was born in New Jersey and lived most of this life in New England. He studied at the University of Dijon and at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, and died in 1976.

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