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1548-1550: Studies and networks at Louvain

1548-1550; European networks

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1548-1550: Studies and networks at Louvain - Biography. At Louvain Dee entered a major center of mathematical, astronomical, and instrument culture, encountering figures and methods that shaped his technical authority.

Summary

At Louvain Dee entered a major center of mathematical, astronomical, and instrument culture, encountering figures and methods that shaped his technical authority.

Essay

At Louvain Dee entered a major center of mathematical, astronomical, and instrument culture, encountering figures and methods that shaped his technical authority.

The Louvain period made Dee a European mathematical practitioner, not merely an English university scholar.

Bibliographical reference: Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 38-42; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 28-30

Date

1548-1550

Category

European networks

Significance

The Louvain period made Dee a European mathematical practitioner, not merely an English university scholar.

Bibliography

Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 38-42; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 28-30

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