Barone, Robert W.. A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual

Folger bibliographic ID: 229562
Folger call number: BF1598.D5 B37 2009
Folger holdings ID: 261909

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

pt. I. The making of a reputation. Dee's early life : 1527-1553 -- Uneasy times : Dee's fortunes during the reign of Mary : 1553-1558 -- The Queen's philosopher : the apex of a career : 1558-1583 -- Contact with angels and travels abroad : waning fortunes and desperate hopes : 1583-1589 -- Twilight years : broken promises and broken dreams : 1590-1608/9 -- pt. II. The evolution of a reputation. Seventeenth century reception : casting the die -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : a reputations journey from the Age of Reason through the Victorian Age -- The twentieth century to the present day : a reputation revised -- Conclusion: Dee's place in history

Extended title: A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual / Robert W. Barone ; with a foreword by Nicholas H. Clulee

Dee, John, 1527-1608 Intellectuals Occultists Scientists Scholars Astrologers Alchemists Great Britain

author: Barone, Robert W.
subject: Dee, John, 1527-1608