| Johann Heinrich Alsted 1588-1638: Between Renaissance, Reformation, and Universal Reform Contributor(s): Hotson, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198208286 ISBN-13: 9780198208280 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $251.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Johann Heinrich Alsted, professor of philosophy and theology at the Calvinist academy of Herborn, was a man of many facets. A deputy to the famous Synod of Dort and the greatest encyclopaedist of his age, he was also a pioneer of Calvinist millenarianism and a devoted student of astrology, alchemy, Lullism, and the works of Giordano Bruno. This intellectual biography opens up unexpected perspectives on the central European Reformed tradition as a whole and provides an invaluable introduction to many of the central ideas, individuals, and institutions in this neglected area of intellectual history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Philosophy | Religious - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 943.030 |
| LCCN: 99053673 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Germany |
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| Publisher Description: Johann Heinrich Alsted, professor of philosophy and theology at the Calvinist academy of Herborn, was a man of many facets. A deputy to the famous Synod of Dort and the greatest encyclopaedist of his age, he was also a pioneer of Calvinist millenarianism and a devoted student of astrology, alchemy, Lullism, and the works of Giordano Bruno. This intellectual biography opens up unexpected perspectives on the central European Reformed tradition as a whole and provides an invaluable introduction to many of the central ideas, individuals, and institutions in this neglected area of intellectual history. |
