The Resource The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
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- Summary
- "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 at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book, Alec Ryrie uses previously unknown documents to reconstruct this extraordinary man's career. The journey 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. And it provides a unique glimpse into a world intoxicated with new ideas, where it was impossible to know quite what to believe - or who to trust."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199229963
- Label
- The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England
- Title
- The sorcerer's tale
- Title remainder
- faith and fraud in Tudor England
- Statement of responsibility
- Alec Ryrie
- Subject
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- Crime -- England | London -- History -- 16th century
- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century
- Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
- Conspiracies -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Magic -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book, Alec Ryrie uses previously unknown documents to reconstruct this extraordinary man's career. The journey 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. And it provides a unique glimpse into a world intoxicated with new ideas, where it was impossible to know quite what to believe - or who to trust."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ryrie, Alec
- Dewey number
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- 364.16/3092
- 942.05092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- facsimiles
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6692.W57
- LC item number
- R97 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wisdom, Gregory
- Westmorland, Henry Neville
- Swindlers and swindling
- Magic
- Conspiracies
- Crime
- England
- Great Britain
- Label
- The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-201) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 213317678
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xv, 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199229963
- Lccn
- 2008024477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213317678
- Label
- The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-201) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 213317678
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xv, 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199229963
- Lccn
- 2008024477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213317678
Subject
- Crime -- England | London -- History -- 16th century
- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century
- Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
- Conspiracies -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Magic -- England -- History -- 16th century
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