Book ID: CBB001214743

The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England: Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone (2012)

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Hughes, Jonathan (Author)


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Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xv + 279 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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, it was adapted for the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the illnesses of the body politic and its head, the king. This is the first work to synthesize all aspects of alchemy and show its contribution to intellectual, social and political life in the fourteenth century. Hughes explores a rich body of manuscripts to reveal the daily routines of the alchemist and his imaginative mindscape, and considers the contribution of alchemy to the vernacular culture and political debate, leading to a reassessment of the intellectual life of the middle ages.

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Review Jennifer M. Rampling (2016) Review of "The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England: Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 268-272). unapi

Review Lawrence-Mathers, Anne (2014) Review of "The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England: Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone". Journal of British Studies (p. 217). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Stuckrad, Kocku von
Sorokina, Maria
Williams, Steven J.
Weill-Parot, N.
Swetz, Frank J.
Raimondi, Francesco Paolo
Concepts
Astrology
Occult sciences
Science and religion
Alchemy
Magic
Science and culture
Time Periods
Medieval
14th century
13th century
Early modern
Renaissance
16th century
Places
England
Scotland
Spain
Hungary
Greece
Germany
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