Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676

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Contents Acknowledgments vii List of Illustrations xi Introduction 1 1: John Winthrop, Jr., and the European Alchemical Movement of the Early Seventeenth Century 14 2: The Republic of Alchemy and the Pansophic Moment 43 3: Founding a New London 75 4: Which Man’s Land? Conflict and Competition in Pequot Country 93 5: Alchemical Vision Refined 138 6: “God’s Secret”: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemical Healing, and the Medical Culture of Early New England 160 7: The Magus as Mediator: Witchcraft, Alchemy, and Authority in the Connecticut Witch-Hunt of the 1660s 210 8: “Matters of Present Utility”: John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the Politics of Intelligence in Restoration New England 253 Afterword 302 Index 309 ...