Dr Jonathan Hughes: 1 book
The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England
Plantagenet Kings and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Alchemists did more than try to transmute base metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines and advocated the regeneration of matter and spirit. This book illustrates how this new branch of thought became increasingly...
