Screen LibraryParacelsus：medicine, magic and mission at the end of time
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven [Conn.] London |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 326 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780300139112 (hbk.) 030013911X (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K835 |
| CLC: | K835.226.2 |
| Call Number: | K835.226.2/W377 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index. Life and labour -- The power of print -- The sources of dissent -- Call of the new -- Matter and magic -- Radical reform -- Endzeit. Drawing on the whole range of relevant manuscript and printed sources, Charles Webster considers Paracelsus's life and works, explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions, and describes his precise expectations for the Christian church of the future. |