Alchemy and authority in the Holy Roman Empire /
What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men?and occasionally women?who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of practical techniques, inventions, and cures, these e...
| Основен автор: | Nummedal, Tara E. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2007.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260175 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Alchemy and authority in the Holy Roman Empire. |
| Резюме: |
What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men?and occasionally women?who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of practical techniques, inventions, and cures, these entrepreneurs were prized by princely patrons, who relied upon alchemists to bolster their political fortunes. At the same time, satirists, artists, and other commentators used the figure of the alchemist as a symbol for Europe?s social and economic ills. Drawing on criminal trial records, contracts, |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226608570 0226608573 |