Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time

Charles Webster
Yale University Press

An account of the life and works of Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), the physician, natural magician, radical activist of the early Reformation and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day.

New book review from our current issue: The French Renaissance Court

Robert J. Knecht
Yale University Press

The court of the Valois monarchs of France reached both its zenith and its nadir in the sixteenth century. In this useful and wide-ranging book, Robert Knechtpresents detailed evidence of the origins and evolution of the Valois court.

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