Between Medicine and Politics: Oswald Croll's Activity in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Between Medicine and Politics: Oswald Croll's Activity in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Oswald Croll (ca. 1560 - 1 November 1608), a physician, alchemist, philosopher, and diplomat, was undoubtedly one of the most important European humanist scholars at the turn of the 17th century. Croll's main contribution is his laying of the foundations for the new "science"- medicinal alchemy-which he introduced in his largest published work, Basilica chymica (Frankfurt, ca. 1609). However, his activities were not restricted solely to scientific research. One of the significant stages of his life consisted of engaging in diplomatic activities in the service of the governor of Upper Palatinate, Christian of Anhalt. These activities led to the political unification of Protestants of the Holy Roman Empire, known as the Protestant Union. The aim of this contribution is not only to reconstruct the life of Oswald Croll, whose activities are connected with Czech political and cultural history, but also to verify the hypothesis that this particular scholar belonged to the cultural circle that gathered around Emperor Rudolf II, whose personal physician Croll allegedly became.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Between Medicine and Politics: Oswald Croll's Activity in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown

Popis výsledku anglicky

Oswald Croll (ca. 1560 - 1 November 1608), a physician, alchemist, philosopher, and diplomat, was undoubtedly one of the most important European humanist scholars at the turn of the 17th century. Croll's main contribution is his laying of the foundations for the new "science"- medicinal alchemy-which he introduced in his largest published work, Basilica chymica (Frankfurt, ca. 1609). However, his activities were not restricted solely to scientific research. One of the significant stages of his life consisted of engaging in diplomatic activities in the service of the governor of Upper Palatinate, Christian of Anhalt. These activities led to the political unification of Protestants of the Holy Roman Empire, known as the Protestant Union. The aim of this contribution is not only to reconstruct the life of Oswald Croll, whose activities are connected with Czech political and cultural history, but also to verify the hypothesis that this particular scholar belonged to the cultural circle that gathered around Emperor Rudolf II, whose personal physician Croll allegedly became.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AB - Dějiny

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Alchemy and Rudolf II. Exploring the Secrets of Nature in Central Europe

ISBN

978-80-86890-85-2

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

367-380

Počet stran knihy

869

Název nakladatele

Artefactum

Místo vydání

Praha

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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