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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
144117804x
ISBN-13
9781441178046
eBay Product ID (ePID)
170024289
Product Key Features
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
The Occult & Mythology
Type
Textbook
Author
Jonathan Hughes
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Publication
08/03/2012
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
The Occult & Mythology
Author Biography
Jonathan Hughes has taught at the University of East Anglia, University of Roehampton and the Oxford Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is a guest lecturer at the Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism. 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 Kingship of Edward IV .