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The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England: Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher´s Stone
Jonathan Hughes
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Paperback. Explores the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400. This title synthesizes various aspects of alchemy and shows its contribution to intellectual, social and political life in the fourteenth century. It also explores manuscripts to reveal the daily routines of the alchemist. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504. Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone. 224 pages, Illustrations. Explores the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400. This title synthesizes various aspects of alchemy and shows its contribution to intellectual, social and political life in the fourteenth century. It also explores manuscripts to reveal the daily routines of the alchemist. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HRQX2; PDX. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight: 502.
This is the first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400. 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, ... Read more
This is the first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400. 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441181831
SKU
V9781441181831
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About Jonathan Hughes
Jonathan Hughes is a Wellcome Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia. He has taught at the University of East Anglia, University of Roehampton and the Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 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 ... Read more
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