Johann Heinrich Alsted 1588-1638: Between Renaissance, Reformation, and Universal Reform

By Howard Hotson

Johann Heinrich Alsted, professor of philosophy and theology at the Calvinist academy of Herborn, was a man of many facets. A deputy to the famous Synod of Dort and the greatest encyclopaedist of his age, he was also a pioneer of Calvinist millenarianism and a devoted student of astrology, alchemy, Lullism, and the works of Giordano Bruno. This intellectual biography opens up unexpected perspectives on the central European Reformed tradition as a whole and provides an invaluable introduction to many of the central ideas, individuals, and institutions in this neglected area of intellectual history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198208286
• ISBN13: 9780198208280
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"