Download Book Title : The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England
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When he came across a foolish young 16th-century aristocrat's confession of attempting to murder his wife and father by sorcery, Ryrie (church history, Durham Univ.; Britain Reformed: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 1485–1603) discovered a fascinating way to introduce readers to the deeply entangled worlds of Tudor-era magic, medicine, and religion. The young man had himself been conned, and it is the story of the con man, a would-be physician and magician named Gregory Wisdom, that's at the heart of this book. Ryrie shows how Wisdom fits into the murky boundaries between medicine and fraud (he lacked university credentials) and probably met other con men frequenting Tudor England's notorious gaming houses and brothels during a time when the deadly new disease, syphilis, was increasing the demand for "medical" help. Ryrie discusses Widsom's medical schemes and how the belief in magic, whether the esoteric magic learned from Renaissance scholars or the more mercenary practices of small-time conjurers, was common even as successive Tudor rulers tried to control it. Ryrie's book skillfully illuminates an age when political upheaval and the turmoil of belief that accompanied the Reformation could make the magical claims of a fraud like Wisdom seem plausible. With detailed notes. Recommended for academic libraries.—Larry Milliken, Drexel Univ., Philadelphia Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
"Ryrie's book is an excellent snapshot of a time intrigued by the spiritual realm that seemed...distant from our own."--Los Angeles Times
"Ryrie...discovered a fascinating way to introduce readers to the deeply entangled worlds of Tudor-era magic, medicine, and religion. Ryrie's book skillfully illuminates an age when political upheaval and the turmoil of belief that accompanied the Reformation could make the magical claims of a fraud like Wisdom seem plausible."--Library Journal
"Ryrie takes us on a journey into areas of Tudor England which rarely make it into the popular history books. Starting from what can be pieced together about one obscure figure, he opens up a world of con-men, magicians, prostitutes, astrolgers, dubious doctors and aristocrats down on their luck. His subject matter combines with a deft writing style which carries his readers down a variety of gloriously unexpected by-ways, and leaves them wanting to know more about the Tudor underworld he evokes so vividly. "--James Sharpe, author of The Bewitching of Anne Gunter
"Ryrie displays his customary elegant wit in illuminating Tudor England from unexpected angles, not least in revealing that piety and Protestantism, thuggery and fraud, can be entertainingly close in their kinship. This is religion without any decline in magic."--Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation: Europe's House Divided
"This is a treat. It's a great story, an exciting piece of detective work, a portrait of some delectably appalling characters, and tells us much that is new about the Tudor underworld of crime and magic. "--Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Pagan Witchcraft
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Author(s) Book :Alec Ryrie
Publish Year :2008 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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