A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual /

A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual /

This work argues that the Elizabethan polymath John Dee was not the influential intellectual he purported himself to be. Dee's scientific works were anachronistic and in no way heralded the new age of experimental science. This book traces the course of Dee's life showing how he was a marg...

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Main Author: Barone, Robert W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Dee, John, > 1527-1608.
Dee, John, > 1527-1608 > Public opinion.
1500-1603
Intellectuals > Great Britain > Biography.
Occultists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scholars > Great Britain > Biography.
Astrologers > Great Britain > Biography.
Alchemists > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603 > Biography.
Electronic books.
History
Biographies.
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