The Petersburg Crucible: Alchemy and the Russian Nobility in Catherine the Great’s Russia*
This article studies the cultural significance of alchemy among the Russian nobility in St. Petersburg during the reign of Catherine the Great. It is argued that Catherine the Great perceived alchemy as a Western practice promoted by foreign charlatans and by mystically-inclined Freemasons, which th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2012, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-99 |
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Russia
eighteenth-century history
alchemy
Catherine the Great
Freemasonry
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Volltext (Verlag) |