272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. John Dee was Renaissance England's first Hermetic magus, a philosopher magician. He was also a respected practical scientist, an immensely learned man who investigated all areas of knowledge. In this fine biography, Peter French shows that not only magic and science, but geography, antiquarianism, theology and the fine arts were fields in which Dee was deeply involved.... Read more
Chapter 1 John Dee's Reputation; Chapter 2 The Development of an English Magus; Chapter 3 Elizabethan England's Greatest Library; Chapter 4 John Dee and the Hermetic Philosophy; Chapter 5 Magic, Science and Religion; Chapter 6 John Dee and the Sidney Circle; Chapter 7 John Dee and the Mechanicians: Applied Science in Elizabethan England; Chapter 8 John Dee as an Antiquarian;
Biography
Authored by French, Peter J.
