Prospero's America
Woodward, Walter William.
Prospero's America John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676 / [electronic resource] : Walter W. Woodward. - Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 317 p. :) ill., maps ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Winthrop, Jr., and the European alchemical movement of the early seventeenth century -- The republic of alchemy and the pansophic moment -- Founding a new London -- Which man's land? Conflict and competition in pequot country -- Alchemical vision refined -- "God's secret": John Winthrop, Jr., alchemical healing, and the medical culture of early New England -- The magus as mediator: witchcraft, alchemy, and authority in the Connecticut witch-hunt of the 1660s -- "Matters of present utility:" John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the politics of intelligence in restoration New England.
9781469603070 1469603071
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676.
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676.
History, Modern 1601---New England.
Famous Persons--New England--Biography.
Alchemy--New England--Biography.
Alchemy--History--New England--17th century.
Alchemists--New England--Biography.
Electronic books.
QD24.W56 / W66 2010
540.1/1097409032
Prospero's America John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676 / [electronic resource] : Walter W. Woodward. - Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 317 p. :) ill., maps ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
John Winthrop, Jr., and the European alchemical movement of the early seventeenth century -- The republic of alchemy and the pansophic moment -- Founding a new London -- Which man's land? Conflict and competition in pequot country -- Alchemical vision refined -- "God's secret": John Winthrop, Jr., alchemical healing, and the medical culture of early New England -- The magus as mediator: witchcraft, alchemy, and authority in the Connecticut witch-hunt of the 1660s -- "Matters of present utility:" John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the politics of intelligence in restoration New England.
9781469603070 1469603071
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676.
Winthrop, John, 1606-1676.
History, Modern 1601---New England.
Famous Persons--New England--Biography.
Alchemy--New England--Biography.
Alchemy--History--New England--17th century.
Alchemists--New England--Biography.
Electronic books.
QD24.W56 / W66 2010
540.1/1097409032