1595: Appointed Warden of Manchester College
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1595: Appointed Warden of Manchester College - Biography. Dee received the wardenship of Manchester College, an office that offered employment but placed him away from the courtly center he had long pursued.
Summary
Dee received the wardenship of Manchester College, an office that offered employment but placed him away from the courtly center he had long pursued.
Essay
Dee received the wardenship of Manchester College, an office that offered employment but placed him away from the courtly center he had long pursued.
The appointment can be read both as provision and containment: a late-career office that did not restore Dee's earlier hopes.
Bibliographical reference: Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 258-273; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 251-257
1595
Office and exile
The appointment can be read both as provision and containment: a late-career office that did not restore Dee's earlier hopes.
Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 258-273; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 251-257
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