The Business of Alchemy : Science and Culture in the Holy Roman Empire

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The Business of Alchemy : Science and Culture in the Holy Roman EmpireIn The Business of Alchemy, Pamela Smith explores the relationships among alchemy, the court, and commerce in order to illuminate the cultural history of the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In showing how an overriding concern with religious salvation was transformed into a concentration on material increase and economic policies, Smith depicts the rise of modern science and early capitalism. In pursuing this narrative,

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