Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676 / Walter W. Woodward.

By:

Woodward, Walter William [author.]

Contributor(s):

Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaPublication details: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781469603070
1469603071
9780807895931
0807895938

Other title: 牐獯数潲猧䄠敭楲慣 Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prospero's America.DDC classification:

540.1/1097409032 22

LOC classification:

QD24.W56 W66 2010

NLM classification:

2010 E-215
WZ 100

Other classification:

HS 5660

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Contents:

John Winthrop, Jr., and the European alchemical movement of the early seventeenth century -- The republic of alchemy and the pansophic moment -- Founding a new London -- Which man's land? Conflict and competition in pequot country -- Alchemical vision refined -- "God's secret": John Winthrop, Jr., alchemical healing, and the medical culture of early New England -- The magus as mediator: witchcraft, alchemy, and authority in the Connecticut witch-hunt of the 1660s -- "Matters of present utility:" John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the politics of intelligence in restoration New England.

Summary: John Winthrop, Jr. participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming. Walter Woodward demonstrates how Winthrop and his philosophy influenced New England's cultural formation: its settlement, economy, religious toleration, Pequot Indian relations, medical practice, witchcraft prosecution, and imperial diplomacy. Prospero's America reconceptualizes the significance of early modern science in shaping New England hand in hand with Puritanism and politics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Winthrop, Jr. participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming. Walter Woodward demonstrates how Winthrop and his philosophy influenced New England's cultural formation: its settlement, economy, religious toleration, Pequot Indian relations, medical practice, witchcraft prosecution, and imperial diplomacy. Prospero's America reconceptualizes the significance of early modern science in shaping New England hand in hand with Puritanism and politics.

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