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This book presents a major reassessment of the career and cultural background of John Dee (1527-1609), one of Elizabethan England's most interesting figures. Challenging the conventional image of the isolated, eccentric philosopher, Sherman situates Dee in a fresh context, revealing that he was a well-connected adviser to the academic, courtly, and commercial circles of his day.
The centerpiece of Dee's life is shown to be the massive library and museum at Mortlake, perhaps the first modern "think tank." There he lived, worked, and entertained some of the period's most influential intellectuals and politicians.
Sherman discusses Dee's household arrangements, reading practices, and writings on subjects ranging from calendar reform to imperial policy. He also offers the first detailed account of the broad network of scholars and other experts who, along with Dee, operated behind the political scenes, providing textual and technological support during this time of unprecedented intellectual and global expansion.
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Books and reading, Scientists, Private libraries, Astrologers, Library, History, Dee, john, 1527-1608, Librarydee, john , 1527-1608, Books and readingdee, john , 1527-1608, Scientists--great britain, Astrologers--great britain, Private libraries--history, Private libraries--england--history--1400-1600, Z8220.9 .s48 1995, 001/.092People
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John Dee: The Politics of Reading and Writing in the English Renaissance (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
April 1997, University of Massachusetts Press
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John Dee: the politics of reading and writing in the English Renaissance
1995, University of Massachusetts Press
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John Dee: The Politics of Reading and Writing in the English Renaissance (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
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