J. R. Martin

The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781441178046
• ISBN-10: 144117804X
• Artikelnr.: 31704862

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Hughes has taught at the University of East Anglia, University of Roehampton and the Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is a guest lecturer at the Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism. His books include Pastors and Visionaries: Religion and Secular Life in Late Medieval Yorkshire; The Religious Life of Richard III and Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: the Kingship of Edward IV .

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Section A: Alchemy and the Occult in English Cultural and Political Life
1: Alchemy and the Occult in England
2: The Origins of English Alchemy and Sources for the Study of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England
Section B: Astrology of the Earth - the Intellectual Impact of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England
3: Alchemy and Science and Philosophy
4: Alchemy and the Church
5: The Cultural Impact of Alchemy
Section C: The Political Significance of Alchemy
6: The Accession of Edward III
7: Alchemical Themes in the Kingship of Edward III
8: Richard II the Magus and Boy King
9: Richard II and the Occult
Conclusion: The Lancastrian Reaction
Bibliography
Index