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The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England par Ryrie, Alec

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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
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ISBN
9780199570904
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Medical, History, Social Science
Publication Name
Sorcerer's Tale : Faith and Fraud in Tudor England
Item Length
7.7 in
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Physicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Alec Ryrie
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man in sixteenth-century London. Drawing on previously unknown documents to reconstruct this extraordinary man's career, Alec Ryrie takes us through the cut-throat business of early modern medicine, down to Tudor London's gangland of fraud and organized crime; from the world of Renaissance magi and Kabbalistic conjurers to street-corner wizards; and into the chaotic, exhilarating religious upheavals of the Reformation. On the way, we learn how Tudor England's dignified public face and its rapacious underworld were intimately connected to each other. Gregory Wisdom's career is an object lesson in how to conjure up wealth and respectability from nothing in a turbulent age. Praised as "an excellent snapshot of a time intrigued by the spiritual realm" (Los Angeles Times), this is a unique glimpse into a world intoxicated by new ideas.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199570906
ISBN-13
9780199570904
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92364574

Product Key Features

Author
Alec Ryrie
Publication Name
Sorcerer's Tale : Faith and Fraud in Tudor England
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Physicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Medical, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.7 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2008-024477
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Da317.8
Reviews
"The book illuminates various shady pathways of Tudor political and social history, and the author lets his story unfold with considerable flair." --BBC Music Magazine. 01/11/2008, "Advance Praise: This is a treat. It's a great story, an exciting piece of detective work, a portrait of some delectably appalling characters, and tells us much that is new about the Tudor underworld of crime and magic." --Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Pagan Witchcraft, Review from previous edition: "It would be hard not to love this book. It relates a fascinating, neglected story; it is wonderfully well written but also bears the hallmarks of a rigorous and inventive historical imagination; and it makes all sorts of unexpected connotations between seeminglyunconnected aspects of Tutor society." --Jonathan Wright, The Tablet 06/10/08, "The author lets his story unfold with considerable flair." --Owen Davies, BBC History Magazine 01/11/2008, "This is the past seen from the inside, and from as low a vantage as possible. Very elegantly written... The investigative work [Ryrie] has undertaken must have been arduous, but his surmises are apt and his interpretations happy." --Peter Ackroyd, The Times 19/09/2008, "Ryrie takes us on a journey into areas of Tudor England which rarely make it into the popular history books. Starting from what can be pieced together about one obscure figure, he opens up a world of con - men, magicians, prostitutes, astrolgers, dubious doctors and aristocrats down on theirluck. His subject matter combines with a deft writing style which carries his readers down a variety of gloriously unexpected by-ways, and leaves them wanting to know more about the Tudor underworld he evokes so vividly." --James Sharpe, author of The Bewitching of Anne Gunter, "A Tudor story that glitters with wit and erudition. Ryrie has produced a veritable nugget of gold." --Leanda de Lisle, History Today 01/12/2008, 'Ryrie takes us on a journey into areas of Tudor England which rarely make it into the popular history books. Starting from what can be pieced together about one obscure figure, he opens up a world of con - men, magicians, prostitutes, astrolgers, dubious doctors and aristocrats down on theirluck. His subject matter combines with a deft writing style which carries his readers down a variety of gloriously unexpected by-ways, and leaves them wanting to know more about the Tudor underworld he evokes so vividly. 'James Sharpe, author of The Bewitching of Anne Gunter, "Ryrie displays his customary elegant wit in illuminating Tudor England from unexpected angles, not least in revealing that piety and Protestantism, thuggery and fraud, can be entertainingly close in their kinship. This is religion without any decline in magic." --Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation: Europe's House Divided, 'Ryrie displays his customary elegant wit in illuminating Tudor England from unexpected angles, not least in revealing that piety and Protestantism, thuggery and fraud, can be entertainingly close in their kinship. This is religion without any decline in magic.'Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation: Europe's House Divided, 'Review from previous edition It would be hard not to love this book. It relates a fascinating, neglected story; it is wonderfully well written but also bears the hallmarks of a rigorous and inventive historical imagination; and it makes all sorts of unexpected connotations between seemingly unconnected aspects of Tutor society.'Jonathan Wright, The Tablet'Advance Praise: This is a treat. It's a great story, an exciting piece of detective work, a portrait of some delectably appalling characters, and tells us much that is new about the Tudor underworld of crime and magic. 'Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Pagan Witchcraft'Ryrie displays his customary elegant wit in illuminating Tudor England from unexpected angles, not least in revealing that piety and Protestantism, thuggery and fraud, can be entertainingly close in their kinship. This is religion without any decline in magic.'Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation: Europe's House Divided'This is the past seen from the inside, and from as low a vantage as possible. Very elegantly written... The investigative work [Ryrie] has undertaken must have been arduous, but his surmises are apt and his interpretations happy.'Peter Ackroyd, The Times'Ryrie takes us on a journey into areas of Tudor England which rarely make it into the popular history books. Starting from what can be pieced together about one obscure figure, he opens up a world of con - men, magicians, prostitutes, astrolgers, dubious doctors and aristocrats down on their luck. His subject matter combines with a deft writing style which carries his readers down a variety of gloriously unexpected by-ways, and leaves them wanting to knowmore about the Tudor underworld he evokes so vividly. 'James Sharpe, author of The Bewitching of Anne Gunter'Fascinating insight into a lost and lurid world.'Daily Telegraph'The author lets his story unfold with considerable flair.'Owen Davies, BBC History Magazine'A Tudor story that glitters with wit and erudition. Ryrie has produced a veritable nugget of gold.'Leanda de Lisle, History Today'He excavates many nuggets of fascinating information.'Literary Review'The book illuminates various shady pathways of Tudor political and social history, and the author lets his story unfold with considerable flair.'BBC Music Magazine.'He excavates many nuggets of fascinating information.'Literary Review
Table of Content
ChronologyForeword1: The Nobleman2: The Physician3: The Underworld4: The Magician5: The Preacher6: Conclusion: Barbarians at the GatesAppendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will, Chronology Foreword Chapter 1 The Nobleman Chapter 2 The Physician Chapter 3 The Underworld Chapter 4 The Magician Chapter 5 The Preacher Chapter 6 Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
942.05092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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