Author: Gertrude M. HortPublisher:
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Category : Astrologers
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Dr. John Dee: Elizabethan Mystic and Astrologer
Author: Gertrude M. HortPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrologers
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Dr. John Dee
Author: Gertrude M. HortPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astrologers
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Dr. John Dee
Author: G.M. HortPublisher:
ISBN: 9781856521079
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Dr. John Dee
Author: Gertrude M. HortPublisher:
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Category : Astrologers
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Dr. John Dee
Author: G. M. HortPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537375007
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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In 1558 Queen Mary died, and her younger sister, remembering the sage whose prophecies had beguiled her dark hour, at once sent for Dee to come to court and to calculate a favourable day for her crowning. Dee named January 14, 1559, and was, from this time on, as his biographer, Miss Charlotte Fell-Smith, expresses it, "continually busied about one thing and another at the fancy of the Queen." This was not, perhaps, in itself undesirable. Dee's attachment to Elizabeth seems to have been quite sincere, and he was never unwilling then or later to come at her bidding to give his judgment on any strange circumstance which troubled her-such as the discovery in Lincoln's Inn Fields of a wax image of herself, with significant pins driven through its heart, the appearance of a great comet, and so on! But Elizabeth had much of the Tudor close-fistedness; and her astrologer's services were not substantially repaid. Preferments for which he sought were given to others, and he seems to have grown weary of his ambiguous position.
Dr. John Dee
Author: Gertrude M. HortPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333550059
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Excerpt from Dr. John Dee: Elizabethan Mystic and Astrologer John Dee was born on July 13, 1527, in London, where his father, Rowland Dee, a gentleman of ancient Welsh descent, but apparently of no great fortune, held a minor post in the Royal Household. We can form but a vague picture of the future philosopher's early childhood in Tudor London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Dr. John Dee
Author: G. M. HortPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781523290192
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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An excerpt from CHAPTER II. There is no actual warrant for the very general belief that Dee took, at Louvain, the doctor's degree which had not been conferred on him at Cambridge. The chances are that the title "Doctor," so inseparable from his name in after-life and in the popular idea of him, was merely bestowed in its original complimentary sense, when it had become self-evident that he was verily and indeed "doctus," or learned. As "Doctor" he was doubtless known at the court of Edward VI. Towards the close of the year 1551, Sir John Cheke introduced him to Secretary Cecil, and accepted on behalf of his royal pupil two MS. treatises on astronomical subjects, which Dee, already an industrious writer, had dedicated to the young King. A yearly pension of a hundred crowns was now granted him by Edward. This was exchanged (not very profitably, as it afterwards appeared) for the lay-rectorships of Upton-on-Severn in Worcestershire and Long Leadenham in Lincolnshire. Soon after we hear of Dee's refusing the offer of a lectureship in Mathematical Science from the University of Oxford! He was seemingly content with his income from the aforesaid rectorships, and with the patronage of the Duchess of Northumberland, which he enjoyed at this time, writing, at her request, a treatise on the cause of tides and another on the heavenly bodies. The Duchess's ill-fated husband (the father-in-law of Lady Jane Grey) is better known to the general reader as an ambitious politician than as a literary student. But he was actually a man of considerable culture, a friend of Ascham's, and, for a short time, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Dee may well have believed that, in,"]the shadow of such powerful patrons, he would be able to live a life of learned leisure, independent of formal appointments, and devoted more and more to his favorite lines of study. What those lines were, and how increasingly he was attracted to them, was soon to appear....
Dr. John Dee
Author: G. M. HortPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497886742
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
John Dee: The World of the Elizabethan Magus
Author: Peter J. FrenchPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134572271
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
First published in 1987. John Dee was Renaissance England's first Hermetic magus, a philosopher magician. He was also a respected practical scientist, an immensely learned man who investigated all areas of knowledge. In this fine biography, Peter French shows that not only magic and science, but geography, antiquarianism, theology and the fine arts were fields in which Dee was deeply involved. Through his teaching, writing and friendships with many of the most important figures of the age, Dee was at the centre of great affairs and had a profound influence on major developments in sixteenth-century England. Peter French places this extraordinary individual within his proper historical context, describing the whole world of Renaissance science, Platonism and Hermetic magic.
John Dee: The World of the Elizabethan Magus
Author: Peter J. FrenchPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134572344
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
First published in 1987. John Dee was Renaissance England's first Hermetic magus, a philosopher magician. He was also a respected practical scientist, an immensely learned man who investigated all areas of knowledge. In this fine biography, Peter French shows that not only magic and science, but geography, antiquarianism, theology and the fine arts were fields in which Dee was deeply involved. Through his teaching, writing and friendships with many of the most important figures of the age, Dee was at the centre of great affairs and had a profound influence on major developments in sixteenth-century England. Peter French places this extraordinary individual within his proper historical context, describing the whole world of Renaissance science, Platonism and Hermetic magic.