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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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The Private Companion; Being a Familiar and Historical Elucidation of the Theory and Practice of Alchemy, Necromancy, Astrology ... By Merlin Secundus
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Pages : 56
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Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
Author: Owen Davies
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 184725036X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 184725036X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Cunning-folk
Author: Owen Davies
Publisher: Burns & Oates
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued services to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malevolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Publisher: Burns & Oates
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued services to the community, cunning-folk were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malevolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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The Old Book of Magic
Author: Lauron William De Laurence
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Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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A History of Natural Philosophy
Author: Edward Grant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521869315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521869315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible.
Old English Drama, Selected Plays
Author: Christopher Marlowe
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Category : Faust
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Category : Faust
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Crossword Lists
Author: Anne Stibbs
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Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel
Author: François Rabelais
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Category : Fantasy fiction, French
Languages : da
Pages : 0
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Skildringen af kæmperne Gargantuas og Pantagruels liv giver et grotesk og fantastisk billede af 1500-tallets Frankrig
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Category : Fantasy fiction, French
Languages : da
Pages : 0
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Skildringen af kæmperne Gargantuas og Pantagruels liv giver et grotesk og fantastisk billede af 1500-tallets Frankrig
The Experimental Fire
Author: Jennifer M. Rampling
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022671084X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
“Presents the largely uncharted history of English alchemy from its medieval roots until the end of the seventeenth century . . . an astounding eye for detail.” —Annals of Science In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science. “An engaging piece of scholarly work . . . it humanizes the alchemist, showing him or her to be a historical personage caught up in the circumstances of the era and seeking to survive the upheavals and challenges of historical reality . . . bound to make an important contribution to the history of science, social history, history of scholarship, and the history of the book.” —Early Science and Medicine
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022671084X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
“Presents the largely uncharted history of English alchemy from its medieval roots until the end of the seventeenth century . . . an astounding eye for detail.” —Annals of Science In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science. “An engaging piece of scholarly work . . . it humanizes the alchemist, showing him or her to be a historical personage caught up in the circumstances of the era and seeking to survive the upheavals and challenges of historical reality . . . bound to make an important contribution to the history of science, social history, history of scholarship, and the history of the book.” —Early Science and Medicine