The Petrine instauration [electronic resource] : religion, esotericism and science at the court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725 / by Robert Collis.
By: Collis, Robert.
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BookSeries: Aries book series: v. 14.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012Description: xx, 583 p. : ill. (some col.).Subject(s): Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 -- Relations with occultists | Br�i�us, �I�A. V. (�I�Akov Vilimovich), 1670-1735 | Erskine, Robert, 1677-1718 | �I�Avors�ky�i, Stefan, 1658-1722 | Feofan, Archbishop of Novgorod, 1681-1736 | Occultism -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Mysticism -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Occultism and science -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Religion and science -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Occultists -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Scholars -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725 | Russia -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 947/.05 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Quirinus Kuhlmann's millenarian mission to Moscow in 1689 -- Jacobite servitors. Jacob Bruce (1669-1735): a scientific sorcerer at the court of Peter the Great ; Scottish Jacobite roots ; Mathematics, astronomy and astrology: early training in the foreign quarter in Moscow and in London in 1698 ; Natural philosophy, alchemy and Mysticism religion ; Advancement of learning ; Robert Erskine (1677-1718): an iatrochemist at the Petrine court ; Robert Erskine's ancestry and Jacobite links ; Medicine and alchemy: an iatrochemist at the Petrine Court ; Erskine the chemical philosopher ; Erskine, balneology and his treatment of Peter the Great ; Astral and divine medicine ; Erskine and natural philosophy ; Erskine the natural philosopher ; Erskine and religion -- Ukrainian clerics. Stefan Iavorskii (1658-1722): an esoteric wordsmith at the court of Peter the Great ; Iavorskii's Kievan period ; For tsar and country: the apocalyptic, mystical and esoteric sermons of Stefan Iavorski ; Mystical orthodoxy, progressive pietism and esoteric science: the eclectic worldview of Feofan Prokopovich (1681-1736) ; Prokopovich's theological system ; Prokopovich's natural philosophy ; Prokopovich's educational vision: pietism and the Petrine instauration -- Peter the Great. Peter the Great's divine mission ; Peter the Great as King David ; The prophetic significance of the Nystad Peace of 1721 ; St. Petersburg as "New Jerusalem" ; The role of religion and esotericism in shaping Peter the Great's vision of scientific reform ; Francis Lee's vision of scientific reform in Russia ; Gottfried Leibniz's vision of scientific reform in Russia ; Collecting and marvelling at the curious: Peter the Great and the development of the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera ; Towards an Academy of Sciences ; Esoteric interests of Peter the Great.
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