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

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.

• | Author: Howard Hotson
• | Publisher: OUP Oxford
• | Publication Date: May 25, 2000
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0198208286
• | ISBN-13: 9780198208280