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The Mercurial Emperor

- The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague
Af: Peter Marshall Engelsk Paperback

The Mercurial Emperor

- The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague
Af: Peter Marshall Engelsk Paperback
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In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his times than in the exercise of his immense power. Rarely leaving Prague Castle, he gathered around him a galaxy of famous figures: among them the painter Arcimboldo, the astronomer Tycho Brahe, the mathematician Johannes Kepler, the philosopher Giordano Bruno and the magus John Dee.

Fascinated by the new Renaissance learning, Rudolf found it nearly impossible to make decisions of state. Like Faust, he was prepared to risk all in the pursuit of magical knowledge and the Philosopher''s Stone which would turn base metals into gold and prolong life indefinitely. But he also faced threats: religious discord, the Ottoman Empire, his own deepening melancholy and an ambitious younger brother. As a result he lost his empire and nearly his sanity. But he enabled Prague to enjoy a golden age of peace and creativity before Europe was engulfed in the Thirty Years'' War.

Filled with angels and devils, high art and low cunning, talismans and stars, The Mercurial Emperor offers a captivating perspective on a pivotal moment in the history of Western civilisation.

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In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his times than in the exercise of his immense power. Rarely leaving Prague Castle, he gathered around him a galaxy of famous figures: among them the painter Arcimboldo, the astronomer Tycho Brahe, the mathematician Johannes Kepler, the philosopher Giordano Bruno and the magus John Dee.

Fascinated by the new Renaissance learning, Rudolf found it nearly impossible to make decisions of state. Like Faust, he was prepared to risk all in the pursuit of magical knowledge and the Philosopher''s Stone which would turn base metals into gold and prolong life indefinitely. But he also faced threats: religious discord, the Ottoman Empire, his own deepening melancholy and an ambitious younger brother. As a result he lost his empire and nearly his sanity. But he enabled Prague to enjoy a golden age of peace and creativity before Europe was engulfed in the Thirty Years'' War.

Filled with angels and devils, high art and low cunning, talismans and stars, The Mercurial Emperor offers a captivating perspective on a pivotal moment in the history of Western civilisation.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9781844135370
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1844135373
Udg. Dato: 2 aug 2007
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 137mm
Højde: 215mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 2 aug 2007
Forfatter(e): Peter Marshall
Forfatter(e) Peter Marshall


Kategori Sent 16. århundrede, 1550 til 1599


ISBN-13 9781844135370


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 288


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 137mm


Højde 215mm


Udg. Dato 2 aug 2007


Oplagsdato 2 aug 2007


Forlag Vintage Publishing

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