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Szulakowska, Urszula. The alchemical Virigin Mary in the religious and political context of the Renaissance / by Urszula Szulakowska. — 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1517805.pdf>.

Record create date: 5/15/2017

Subject: Alchemy — Religious aspects — Christianity — History.; Alchemy.; Medicine, Medieval.; Religion and science.; Alchemy; History, Medieval; Religion and Science; Catholicism; Alchimie.; Médecine médiévale.; Religion et sciences.; alchemy.; Religion: general.; Literature & literary studies.; History.; SCIENCE — Chemistry — General.; Alchemy — Religious aspects — Christianity.

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This study explores the survival of Roman Catholic doctrine and visual imagery in the alchemical treatises composed by members of the Lutheran and Anglican confessions during the Renaissance and Early Modern periods. It discusses the reasons for such unexpected confessional survivals in a time of extreme Protestant iconoclasm and religious reform. The book presents an analysis of the manner in which Catholic doctrines concerning the Virgin Mary, the Holy Trinity and the Eucharist were an essential factor in the development of alchemical theory and illustration from the medieval period to the s.

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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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