John Dee
Subtitle: The Politics of Reading and Writing in the English Renaissance (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780870239403
Subjects: Biography: historical; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; History; Books And Reading; Intellectual History; Biography / Autobiography; Philosophers; Language; England; History & Surveys - Modern - Renaissance Era; Dee, John; Library; Scientists; 1400-1600; Astrologers; Great Britain; Private libraries
First sentence: On 9 November 1592, Anne Russell, countess of Warwick, delivered a letter to Queen Elizabeth at Hampton Court: it was a "supplication" from the Queen's "servant in Mortlake," John Dee.