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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The item The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- A lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged. - ;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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
- Contents
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- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
- Isbn
- 9780191552045
- 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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- 1485-1603
- Conspiracies
- Conspiracies -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Crime
- Crime -- England | London -- History -- 16th century
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- England
- England -- London
- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century
- Great Britain
- History
- Magic
- Magic -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Social conditions
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- History -- 16th century
- TRUE CRIME -- Hoaxes & Deceptions
- Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged. - ;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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ryrie, Alec
- Dewey number
- 364.16/3092 22
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6692.W57
- LC item number
- R97 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wisdom, Gregory
- Westmorland, Henry Neville
- Swindlers and swindling
- Magic
- Conspiracies
- Crime
- England
- Great Britain
- Wisdom, Gregory
- TRUE CRIME
- Conspiracies
- Crime
- Magic
- Social conditions
- Swindlers and swindling
- England
- England
- Great Britain
- Label
- The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- other
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
- Control code
- 317454878
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191552045
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786611975708
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 197570
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)317454878
- Label
- The sorcerer's tale : faith and fraud in Tudor England, Alec Ryrie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- other
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
- Control code
- 317454878
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780191552045
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786611975708
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 197570
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)317454878
Subject
- 1485-1603
- Conspiracies
- Conspiracies -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Crime
- Crime -- England | London -- History -- 16th century
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- England
- England -- London
- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century
- Great Britain
- History
- Magic
- Magic -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Social conditions
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- History -- 16th century
- TRUE CRIME -- Hoaxes & Deceptions
- Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Wisdom, Gregory, -1599
- Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
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