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   The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany ("The Skepticism of Agrippa of Nettesheim" begins on p. 61) » Read Now

   by Erika Rummel. 218 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

   This book deals with the impact of the Reformation debate in Germany on the most prominent intellectual movement of the time: humanism. Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that...

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   This book deals with the impact of the Reformation debate in Germany on the most prominent intellectual movement of the time: humanism. Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that humanism was co-opted, perhaps even exploited, in the religious debate.

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   From Virile Woman to Womanchrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature (Ch. 7 "Renaissance Feminism and Esoteric Theology: The Case of Cornelius Agrippa") » Read Now

   by Barbara Newman. 362 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

   ...reasons that are perhaps unwittingly suggested by Peter von Moos. Fifteen years ago, von Moos expressed relief at the vindication of the...profile of the twelfth century...
   
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   Thinking with Demons: The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe » Read Now

   by Stuart Clark. 830 pgs.

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   This major work offers a new interpretation of the witchcraft beliefs of European intellectuals between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, showing how these beliefs fitted rationally with other beliefs of the period and how far the nature of rationality is dependent on its historical context.
   
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   One Flesh: Paradisal Marriage and Sexual Relations in the Age of Milton » Read Now

   by James Grantham Turner. 334 pgs.

   Collections: Literature, Entire Library

   ...Noteworthy for its historical detail and intellectual incisiveness, this study establishes Milton as a monumental but divided figure--torn between radical and conservative...
   
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   Women, Freedom, and Calvin » Read Now

   by Jane Dempsey Douglass. 160 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...Women, Freedom, and Calvin Women, Freedom, and Calvin The 1983 Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Jane Dempsey Douglass The Westminster Press Philadelphia...
   
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   Modern Esoteric Spirituality (Includes discussion of Cornelius Agrippa in multiple chapters) » Read Now

   by Antoine Faivre, Jacob Needleman, Karen Voss. 418 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...Romanticism Dietrich von Engelhardt 101...and His Followers Heinrich Schipperges 154...thinkers as different as Cornelius Agrippa and Swedenborg; we can...theme -- up to...
   
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   Agnosticism ("Agrippa of Nettesheim" begins on p. 102) » Read Now

   by Robert Flint. 606 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

   ...100 - 102 VI. REPRESENTATIVE AGNOSTICS OF THE TRANSITION PIERIOD 102 - 116 Agrippa of Nettesheim 102 - 104 Montaigne 104 - 107 Charron 107 - 109 Sanchez...
   
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   The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (Chap. 5 "The Occult Philosophy and Magic: Henry Cornelius Agrippa" and Chap. 6 "The Occult Philosophy and Melancholy: Durer and Agrippa") » Read Now

   by Frances Yates. 260 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library