A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual /

This work argues that the Elizabethan polymath John Dee was not the influential intellectual he purported himself to be. Dee's scientific works were anachronistic and in no way heralded the new age of experimental science. This book traces the course of Dee's life showing how he was a marg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barone, Robert W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Dee, John, > 1527-1608.
Dee, John, > 1527-1608 > Public opinion.
Dee, John, > 1527-1608
1500-1603
Intellectuals > Great Britain > Biography.
Occultists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scholars > Great Britain > Biography.
Astrologers > Great Britain > Biography.
Alchemists > Great Britain > Biography.
Intellectuels > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Occultistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Savants > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Astrologues > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Mysticism.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Occultism.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Reference.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Supernatural.
Alchemists.
Astrologers.
Intellectual life.
Intellectuals.
Occultists.
Public opinion.
Scholars.
Scientists.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1558-1603 (Élisabeth Ire) > Biographies.
Great Britain.
Biography
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. The making of a reputation. Dee's early life : 1527-1553
  • Uneasy times : Dee's fortunes during the reign of Mary : 1553-1558
  • The Queen's philosopher : the apex of a career : 1558-1583
  • Contact with angels and travels abroad : waning fortunes and desperate hopes : 1583-1589
  • Twilight years : broken promises and broken dreams : 1590-1608/9
  • pt. II. The evolution of a reputation. Seventeenth century reception : casting the die
  • The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : a reputations journey from the Age of Reason through the Victorian Age
  • The twentieth century to the present day : a reputation revised
  • Conclusion: Dee's place in history.

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