Reformation, Revolution, Renovation

The Roots and Reception of the Rosicrucian Call for General Reform

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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At the centre of the Rosicrucian manifestos was a call for ‘general reformation’. In Reformation, Revolution, Renovation, the first book-length study of this topic, Lyke de Vries demonstrates the unique position of the Rosicrucian call for reform in the transformative context of the early seventeenth century. The manifestos, commonly interpreted as either Lutheran or esoteric, are here portrayed as revolutionary mission statements which broke dramatically with Luther’s reform ideals. Their call for reform instead resembles a variety of late medieval and early modern dissenting traditions as well as the heterodox movement of Paracelsianism. Emphasising the universal character of the Rosicrucian proposal for change, this new genealogy of the core idea sheds fresh light on the vexed question of the manifestos’ authorship and helps explain their tumultuous reception by both those who welcomed and those who deplored them.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-12-09
Mått155 x 235 x 33 mm
Vikt864 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieUniversal Reform
Antal sidor432
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004250222

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Lyke de Vries, Ph.D. (2020, Radboud University Nijmegen) is a research fellow and lecturer in the history of philosophy and scientia at Radboud University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the challenge of excavating the roots of modern concepts of change and progress, primarily in heterodox traditions marginal to the paradigms dominating current historiography on the early modern period.

AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAbbreviationsIntroductionThe Rosicrucian StoryThe HistoriographyA Fresh ApproachPart 1 The Origins1 Back to the Sources1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things1.2 The Revolution of the Ages1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy1.4 Concluding Remarks2 The Paracelsian Impetus2.1 Visions of a Golden Time2.2 The Revelation of Secrets2.3 Alchemy and Medicine2.4 Philosophical Inspirations2.5 Primeval Wisdom2.6 Concluding RemarksPart 2 The Bibliographical Origins3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview3.1 Authorship in Question3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform3.4 Paracelsian Motivation3.5 Concluding RemarksPart 3 The Response4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things4.6 Concluding Remarks5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official InvestigationsConclusionProspectsAppendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202BibliographyIndex