Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 293 pages)
,
map
ISBN:
9789004247420
Serie:
Brill's studies in intellectual history v. 88
Inhalt:
Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER ONE: SECRET SOCIETIES, NATURAL MAGIC and THE HISTORIOGRAPHERS -- CHAPTER TWO: JOHANN VALENTIN ANDREAE'S CHRISTIAN UTOPIA -- CHAPTER THREE: ANDREAE AND THE FABLE OF THE ROSICRUCIAN BROTHERHOOD -- CHAPTER FOUR: UTOPIAN and LEARNED SOCIETIES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY -- CHAPTER FIVE: SAMUEL HARTLIB AND THE UTOPIAN MOVEMENT -- CHAPTER SIX: UTOPIAN and LEARNED SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND IN THE 1650S -- AFTERWORD: \'PHILOSOPHICALL AND MATHEMATICO-MECHANICAL KING\': CHARLES II AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY -- APPENDIX A: LEGES SOCIETATIS EREUNETICÆ -- APPENDIX B: THE LAWS OF A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY -- APPENDIX C: THE CAMBRIDGE ESSENTIALS -- APPENDIX D: SKYTTE'S DESIGN FOR A UNIVERSUM COLLEGIUM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Inhalt:
A study of the Protestant utopian movement that began in Germany, inspired in large measure by the writings of Johann Valentin Adreae, and came to England through the efforts of the émigré Samuel Hartlib. The first chapters examine Andreae's utopian writings, including the Rosicrucian manifestos, as part of his lifelong commitment to found a Societas Christiana, a spiritual élite that would improve religious and intellectual life. His writings sparked a transnational movement in early modern Europe. The most significant of the German learned societies are discussed: The Societas Ereunetica, Unio Christiana, and Antilia. The latter chapters consider Hartlib's English circles and various utopian and learned societies in the 1650s. This study contributes to our understanding of the role that \'secret\' societies and epistolary networks had in the republic of letters
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-282) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004110328
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Dickson, Donald R Tessera of Antilia Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 1998
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1163/9789004247420
Bookmarklink
