Medieval History
It involves a printer, the far-reaching power of a monarch, possible censorship, three English alchemists dedicated to uncovering the secret of transmutation and a whole lot of unanswered questions. Earlier this summer, Dr. Teresa Burns, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Humanities professor, presented a paper at the Western Michigan University International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo that helps to unravel a 16th-century mystery.
Burns? topic, which examined the link between the 1591 publication and suppression of the first English printing of George Ripley?s ?Compound of Alchemy? and what may have ended a planned long-distance partnership between John Dee and Edward Kelley just a few weeks after it began, was sponsored by Societas Alchimica, a society affiliated with UW-Platteville and led by Burns and colleague Dr. Nancy Turner as vice president and president respectively.
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Medieval History
Scholar examines alchemy mystery from 16th-century England
It involves a printer, the far-reaching power of a monarch, possible censorship, three English alchemists dedicated to uncovering the secret of transmutation and a whole lot of unanswered questions. Earlier this summer, Dr. Teresa Burns, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Humanities professor, presented a paper at the Western Michigan University International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo that helps to unravel a 16th-century mystery.
Burns? topic, which examined the link between the 1591 publication and suppression of the first English printing of George Ripley?s ?Compound of Alchemy? and what may have ended a planned long-distance partnership between John Dee and Edward Kelley just a few weeks after it began, was sponsored by Societas Alchimica, a society affiliated with UW-Platteville and led by Burns and colleague Dr. Nancy Turner as vice president and president respectively.
Click here to read this article from Early Modern England
- Imagining The Crusades
Here is the line-up for the session we are organizing for Kalamazoo 2012: Imagining the Crusades in the Nineteenth CenturySponsors: Studies in Medievalism & Medievally Speaking Organizers:Megan Morris, University of RochesterRichard Utz, Western Michigan...
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The Hagiography Society is pleased to announce the creation of the Sherry L. Reames Graduate Student Travel Award for Hagiographical Studies. Named in honor of the beloved founder and long-time leader of the Society, the award provides $500 to be used...
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LAST CALL! CFP: RE-PERIODIZATION: QUESTIONING DISCIPLINARY DIVISIONS OF TIME IN THE ENGLISH MIDDLE AGES International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-16, 2010 *Apologies for cross-posting!* We are...
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