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contents s acknowledgments ix introduction Telling Secrets 1 chapter one Printing Secrets 9 chapter two Roger Bacon, Robert Greeneā€™s Friar Bacon, and the Secrets of Art and Nature 32 chapter three Structuring Secrets for Sale 59 chapter four Secrets Gendered: Femininity and Feminine Knowledge in Books of Secrets 95 chapter five Secrets Bridled, Gentlemen Trained 126 conclusion A Secret by Any Other Name 156 notes 161 bibliography 187 index 195 ...

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