ISBN:
0585033730
,
9780585033730
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 247 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Hill, Christopher, 1945 - Gender in mystical and occult thought. Behmenism and its development in England. By B. J. Gibbons. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History.) Pp. xi + 251. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. £35 (54.95). 0 521 48078 7 1997
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gibbons, B.J Gender in mystical and occult thought
DDC:
305.30942
Keywords:
Böhme, Jakob 1575-1624 Influence
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Böhme, Jakob Influence
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Böehme, Jakob 1575-1624 Influence
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Böhme, Jakob
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Sex Religious aspects
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Christianity
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History of doctrines
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Sex role Religious aspects
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Christianity
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History of doctrines
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Occultism History
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England
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Mysticism History
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England
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Sex role Religious aspects
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Christianity
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History of doctrines
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Occultism History
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Mysticism History
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Sex Religious aspects
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Christianity
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History of doctrines
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Religion and Sex history
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Mysticism history
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Occultism history
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Mysticism
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Occultism
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Sex ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines
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Sex role ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines
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Sekseverschillen
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Mystiek
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Occultisme
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Church history
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History
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England Church history
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17th century
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England Church history
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18th century
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England Church history 17th century
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England Church history 18th century
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England
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Electronic books
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Gender, sexuality and power in early modern England -- 3. Gender in mystical and occult thought -- 4. Gender in the works of Jacob Boehme -- 5. The reception of Behmenism in England -- 6. Behmenism and the Interregnum spiritualists -- 7. The female embassy -- 8. Conservative Behmenism -- 9. Wider Behmenist influences in the eighteenth century -- 10. Conclusion.
Abstract:
This is the first comprehensive account of the development of the ideas on gender of Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) among his English followers, tracing the changes in gender and sexuality in such esoteric traditions as alchemy, hermeticism and the Cabala. The book argues that Behmenist thought in these areas is a neglected aspect of the revision in the moral status of women during the early modern period, contributing significantly to the rise of the Romantic notion of womanhood and 'Victorian' sexual ideology. It deals with English Behmenism from its reception during the Interregnum through to its impact upon William Blake and the Swedenborgians in the eighteenth century. The book also challenges strongly received opinions on the relationship of Behmenism to the English radical tradition
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-242) and index. - Description based on print version record
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