The age of secrecy
Subtitle: Jews, Christians, and the economy of secrets, 1400-1800
By: Daniel Jütte ; translated from the German by Jeremiah Riemer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780300190984
Subjects: Occultism; History; Secrecy; Judaism; Christianity; Mystery; Jewish magic; Alchemy; Jewish alchemists
Work titles: Zeitalter des Geheimnisses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The age of secrecy; title: 2. Masters of the arcane and their Métiers; title: 3. Zones of interaction: the case of magic; title: 4. Trading in secrets and economic life; title: 5. Abramo Colorni, Professor of Secrets; title: 6. The culture and crisis of Secrecy.