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The age of secrecy : Jews, Christians, and the economy of secrets, 1400-1800 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jütte, Daniel, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Occultism > Europe > History.
Secrecy > Religious aspects > Judaism > History.
Secrecy > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Mystery.
Jewish magic > History.
Alchemy > Europe > History.
Colorni, Abraham, > approximately 1530-
Jewish alchemists > Europe > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The age of secrecy
  • chapter 2. Masters of the arcane and their Métiers
  • chapter 3. Zones of interaction: the case of magic
  • chapter 4. Trading in secrets and economic life
  • chapter 5. Abramo Colorni, Professor of Secrets
  • chapter 6. The culture and crisis of Secrecy.