John Dee: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Renaissance Thought

Abbreviations. List of Plates. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Intellectual History and the Identity of John Dee. Nicholas H. Clulee: John Dee's Natural Philosophy Revisited.- Astronomy and Astrology.-Robert Goulding: Wings (or Stairs) to the Heavens: The Parallactic Treaties of John Dee and Thomas Digges. Stephen Johnston: Like Father, Like Son? John Dee, Thomas Digges and the Identity of the Mathematician. Richard Dunn: John Dee and Astrology in Elizabethan England.- Dee and Maritime Affairs. Robert C.H. Baldwin: John Dee's Interest in the Application of Nautical Science, Mathematics and Law to English Naval Affairs. William H. Sherman: John Dee's Columbian Encounter.- Dee and The Occult Sciences. Karen De Léon-Jones: John Dee and the Kabbalah. Federico Cavallaro: The Alchemical Significance of John Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica. Jim Reeds: John Dee and the Magic Tables in the Book of Soyga.- Dee's Conversations with Angels. György Szönyi: Paracelsus, Scrying and the Lingua Adamica: Contexts For John Dee's Angel Magic. Stephen Clucas: John Dee's Angelic Conversations and the Ars notoria: Renaissance Magic and Mediaeval Theurgy. Deborah E. Harkness: The Nexus of Angelology, Eschatology and Natural Philosophy in John Dee's Angel Conversations and Library.- Dee and Kelley. Susan Bassnett: Absent Presences: Edward Kelley's Family in the Writings of John Dee. Jan Bäcklund: In the Footsteps of Edward Kelley: Some Manuscripts References at the Royal Library in Copenhagen Concerning an Alchemical Circle around John Dee and Edward Kelley.- Library Catalogue and Bibliography. Julian Roberts: Additions and Corrections to 'John Dee's Library Catalogue'. Stephen Clucas: Recent works on John Dee (1988-2005): a Select Bibliography. Index.