The Ephemeral History of Perfume: Scent and Sense in Early Modern England

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i n d e x Ackerman, Diane, 194n25 Addison, Lancelot, 184 Adorno, Theodor, 184 Aegineta, Paulus, 51, 207n32 Africanus, Joannes Leo, 49 air, 12, 16, 107, 125, 158, 172, 186; and contaminants , 18, 97, 100, 101, 109, 110, 111, 185, 186, 241n45; and early modern science, 186; and enlightenment science, 186; and modern science, 186; and Paracelsian theories of health, 104; and plague, 97–98, 103, 222n57, 222n59, 241n45 alchemy, 17, 49, 51–52, 71, 206n18 alcohol, 49–50, 67, 131 Allen, John, 140 Amadas, Philip, 72 ambergris: as aphrodisiac, 227n128; definitions of, 18, 130–31, 230n27; and gloves, 12, 16, 18, 19, 127–35, 136, 145, 150–53; and guilds, 139–41; and luxury goods, 19, 127, 138, 139, 155, 232n54; and perfume, 49, 107, 131, 141, 155, 187; and pomanders, 111; as a stage property, 38, 40, 180 anatomy, 12 Anderson, Misty, 177 anosmia, 10, 196n48 aphrodisiacs, 18, 74, 104, 118–19, 123–25, 179, 181, 220n34, 227n128 apothecaries: and discovery, 84; and London, 138; royal, 46; and shops, 130, 142, 151, 230n23 apothecarists’ guild, 126, 139–42; and charter, 139–40; and Chelsea Physic garden, 141, 243n70; and Great Hall, 141 aquae vitae. See alcohol Archer, Gabriel, 91, 92, 94, 214n31 archives: of gardens, 158, 159, 239n20; of olfaction, 6–11, 15, 184–85, 187–88; of sensation, 5, 9–10, 15, 168, 184–85, 187–88 Aristotle, 7, 11–12 arsenic, 109, 141 Ascensius, Jodocus Badius, 114 Assault on the Castle of Virtue (masque), 42–44, 60, 64 Augustine, Saint, 7 Austen, Ralph, 163 Avilés, Pedro Menéndez de, 77 Axel, Richard, 1, 2 Bacon, Francis, 44, 163, 186 Bale, John, 30 Balthasar. See Magi Barbe, Simon, 152 Barlowe, Arthur, 72 Bartholomeus Anglicus (Bartholomew of England), 12 Batman, Stephen, translation of Bartholomeus by, 12 bay, sweet, 72, 80, 110, 128, 141, 168, 216n77 Beckett, Thomas, 27 Becon, Thomas, 111 Bede, Saint, 33 Belsey, Catherine, 64–65 benjamin, 51, 141, 216n77 Benson, Bartholomew, 145 benzoin, 117, 215n58 bestiality, 203n59 Bianco, Renato, 131 Bisco, Gilliam, 144 252 Index Blennerhassett, George, 148 Blennerhasset, Mrs. George, 148 body: and deodorization, 5; and disability theory, 10, 183; environmental influence on, 15–16, 17, 18, 48, 69, 86–87, 94, 97, 102, 103, 110, 171, 178–79, 180, 184, 185, 188; and excrement, 24, 25, 100–101, 105, 107, 186; feminist approaches to, 5, 8, 15, 119, 177–79, 183; history of, 2, 7–8, 15–16, 183, 184, 185, 239n20; and hygiene, 5, 19, 105, 119, 157, 182–83, 186; materiality of, 1, 8, 19, 182–83, 184, 185, 186; metaphors of, 114–15, 194n35; and physiognomy, 11, 105; and postcolonial theory, 5, 182–83; and postmodern theory, 9, 15, 182–83, 184, 187, 188; and queer theory, 178–80, 204n73; royal, 49, 58, 158, 209n67. See also health Boleyn, Anne, 42, 60, 64 Bolsworth, Edmund, 148 Bonaventure, Saint, 51 botany, 156, 158, 161, 168, 180, 183, 185, 240n34, 241n50 Bourdieu, Pierre, 15 Boyle, Robert, 186 Boyle’s law, 186 Braithewaite, Richard, 112 breath, 8, 12, 106, 114, 121, 124 Brereton, John, 90, 216n77 brimstone, 130 Brome, Richard, 104 Brown, Kathleen, 105 Brunschwig, Hieronymus, 52–53 Bry, Theodor de, 79, 82–85, 86–87 Buck, Linda B., 1, 2 Bullein, William, 54–55 Burkhardt, Jacob, 46 Burton, Robert, 13 Bushnell, Rebecca, 240n28 Busino, Orlando, 154 calamint, 117 Callaghan, Dympna, 169 cardamom, 111 carnations, 40, 67, 173 Caspar. See Magi cassia, 213n30, 215n58, 216n77, 234n77 casting bottles, 17, 53–54, 56, 57, 58 Catholicism: and early devotional practices, 200n11; and martyrs, 25, 26, 28; and medieval devotional practices, 25–26, 28; and penance, 39; and prayer, 28; and the Resurrection, 32; and the Vulgate bible, 32; and witchcraft, 103. See also heresy; idolatry; liturgy Cavendish, Margaret, The Convent of Pleasure, 170, 176–80 Cavendish, William, 176 Caxton, William, 25 Cecil, Robert, 132 Cecil, William, 113, 132 cedar, 72 censers, 17, 26, 28–29, 31–32, 112, 187 Champlain, Samuel de, 74 Chaplin, Joyce, 95–96, 215n63, 221n40 Charles I (king), 126, 132 Charles II (king), 238n6 Charles IX (king), 79 Chaucer, Geoffrey, “The Miller’s Tale,” 29 Chauliac, Guy de, 13 chemistry, 51 Chettle, Henry, 57 china root, 215n58, 216n77 cinnabar (mercury), 40, 53, 109, 141 cinnamon, 27, 38, 72, 74, 109, 117, 138, 150, 234n77, 237n125 civit, 27, 84, 107, 109, 110, 111, 118, 136, 141, 150, 155 clary (sage), 27, 38, 204n71 Classen, Constance, 194n25 Clifford, Anne, 115 Clifford, George, 132, 134 cloves, 118...