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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Part 1 Alchemy and the Occult in English Cultural and Political Life; 1 Introduction: Alchemy and the Occult in England; 2 The Origins of English Alchemy and Sources for the Study of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England; Part 2 The 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; Part 3 The Political Signifi cance of Alchemy; 6 The Accession of Edward III. |
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7 Alchemical Themes in the Kingship of Edward III8 Richard II the Magus and Boy King; 9 Richard II and the Occult; 10 Conclusion: The Lancastrian Reaction; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Alchemists did more than try to transmute base metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines and advocated the regeneration of matter and spirit. This book illustrates how this new branch of thought became increasingly popular as the practical and theoretical knowledge of alchemists spread throughout England. Adopted by those in court and the circles of nobility for their own physical and spiritual needs, it was adapted for the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the illnesses of the body politic and its hea. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Alchemy -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Alchemy. |
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Medicine. |
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History. |
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England. |
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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- England.
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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. |
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Medicine -- History -- To 1500.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Hughes, Jonathan. Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England : Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441181831 |
| ISBN |
9781441142788 (electronic book) |
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1441142789 (electronic book) |
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1441181830 |
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9781441181831 |
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