Religion, Magic, and the Origins of Science in Early Modern England 1409444589, 9781409444589

In these articles John Henry argues on the one hand for the intimate relationship between religion and early modern atte

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Religion, Magic, and the Origins of Science in Early Modern England
1409444589, 9781409444589

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the d

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This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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This book explores how early modern Catholics and Protestants strategically reimagined, rewrote, and reinterpreted the l

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This innovative work of historical sociology locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the emergent culture

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This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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This innovative work of historical sociology locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the emergent culture

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In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor

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In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor

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The astrologer-physician Richard Napier (1559-1634) was not only a man of practical science and medicine but also a mast

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