Queen Christina of Sweden and her circle : : the transformation of a seventeenth-century philosophical libertine / / by Susanna Åkerman.
The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her...
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Åkerman, Susanna, 1959- author. Queen Christina of Sweden and her circle : the transformation of a seventeenth-century philosophical libertine / by Susanna Åkerman. Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1991. 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 21 The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy. Preliminary Material / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTINA'S ABDICATION / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER TWO: DOUBTS AND IRRELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER THREE: CHRISTINA AND DESCARTES: DISASSEMBLING A MYTH / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER FOUR: GASSENDI, ATOMS AND THE WORLD SOUL OF EPICUREANS / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER FIVE: HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER SIX: CHRISTINA MINERVA AND THE ANCIENT MODEL OF LEARNING / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER SEVEN: NEO-STOIC PAN-PROTESTANTS AND THE MONARCHY / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER EIGHT: THE HERMETIC ORDER OF THE AMARANTHE / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER NINE: THE ABDICATION: ALTERING THE SACRED DESTINY / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER TEN: CHRISTINA AND THE JEWS / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MESSIANIC DRAMA: THE YEAR 1655 / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER TWELVE: CHRISTINA IN ROME—ANTIQUITY AND THE MILITANT CHURCH / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE POLISH ELECTION—THE LAST WASA THRONE / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LEIBNIZ, MARANA, AND THE TURKISH MIRROR / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE ROMAN ACADEMIES: PROVIDENTIALISM AND SCIENCE / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ALCHEMY, THE WORLD SOUL, AND THE HERETICS OF ROME / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CHRISTINA AND MOLINOS' QUIETISM / Susanna Akerman -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: CHRISTINA ALEXANDRA: WOMAN, RULER, AND THE LOST DOMINION / Susanna Akerman -- APPENDIX I: CHRISTINA'S WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS / Susanna Akerman -- APPENDIX II: THE LIBERTINE PAMPHLETS / Susanna Akerman -- MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE SOURCES / Susanna Akerman -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / Susanna Akerman -- INDEX / Susanna Akerman. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Queens Sweden Biography. Philosophy, Modern 17th century. Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689. 90-04-09310-9 Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 21. |
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Preliminary Material / CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTINA'S ABDICATION / CHAPTER TWO: DOUBTS AND IRRELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM / CHAPTER THREE: CHRISTINA AND DESCARTES: DISASSEMBLING A MYTH / CHAPTER FOUR: GASSENDI, ATOMS AND THE WORLD SOUL OF EPICUREANS / CHAPTER FIVE: HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY / CHAPTER SIX: CHRISTINA MINERVA AND THE ANCIENT MODEL OF LEARNING / CHAPTER SEVEN: NEO-STOIC PAN-PROTESTANTS AND THE MONARCHY / CHAPTER EIGHT: THE HERMETIC ORDER OF THE AMARANTHE / CHAPTER NINE: THE ABDICATION: ALTERING THE SACRED DESTINY / CHAPTER TEN: CHRISTINA AND THE JEWS / CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MESSIANIC DRAMA: THE YEAR 1655 / CHAPTER TWELVE: CHRISTINA IN ROME—ANTIQUITY AND THE MILITANT CHURCH / CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE POLISH ELECTION—THE LAST WASA THRONE / CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LEIBNIZ, MARANA, AND THE TURKISH MIRROR / CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE ROMAN ACADEMIES: PROVIDENTIALISM AND SCIENCE / CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ALCHEMY, THE WORLD SOUL, AND THE HERETICS OF ROME / CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CHRISTINA AND MOLINOS' QUIETISM / CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: CHRISTINA ALEXANDRA: WOMAN, RULER, AND THE LOST DOMINION / APPENDIX I: CHRISTINA'S WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS / APPENDIX II: THE LIBERTINE PAMPHLETS / MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE SOURCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX / |
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Preliminary Material / CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTINA'S ABDICATION / CHAPTER TWO: DOUBTS AND IRRELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM / CHAPTER THREE: CHRISTINA AND DESCARTES: DISASSEMBLING A MYTH / CHAPTER FOUR: GASSENDI, ATOMS AND THE WORLD SOUL OF EPICUREANS / CHAPTER FIVE: HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY / CHAPTER SIX: CHRISTINA MINERVA AND THE ANCIENT MODEL OF LEARNING / CHAPTER SEVEN: NEO-STOIC PAN-PROTESTANTS AND THE MONARCHY / CHAPTER EIGHT: THE HERMETIC ORDER OF THE AMARANTHE / CHAPTER NINE: THE ABDICATION: ALTERING THE SACRED DESTINY / CHAPTER TEN: CHRISTINA AND THE JEWS / CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MESSIANIC DRAMA: THE YEAR 1655 / CHAPTER TWELVE: CHRISTINA IN ROME—ANTIQUITY AND THE MILITANT CHURCH / CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE POLISH ELECTION—THE LAST WASA THRONE / CHAPTER FOURTEEN: LEIBNIZ, MARANA, AND THE TURKISH MIRROR / CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE ROMAN ACADEMIES: PROVIDENTIALISM AND SCIENCE / CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ALCHEMY, THE WORLD SOUL, AND THE HERETICS OF ROME / CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CHRISTINA AND MOLINOS' QUIETISM / CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: CHRISTINA ALEXANDRA: WOMAN, RULER, AND THE LOST DOMINION / APPENDIX I: CHRISTINA'S WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS / APPENDIX II: THE LIBERTINE PAMPHLETS / MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE SOURCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX / |
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