The Tessera of Antilia - Utopian Brotherhoods & Secret Societies in the Early Seventeenth Century

This study examines the Protestant utopian movement that was inspired by the writings of Johann Valentin Andreae and led to brotherhoods in early modern Germany and England. It is based on the "leges" and manifestos of these societies and letter exchanges among members.

About the author

Donald R. Dickson, Ph.D. (1981) in English, University of Illinois, is Professor of English at the Texas A & M University. He has published extensively on seventeenth-century literature, including The Fountain of Living Waters: The Typology of the Waters of Life in Herbert (Vaughan and Traherne, 1987).

Product details

• Authors: Donald R Dickson, Donald R. Dickson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.05.1998
• EAN: 9789004110328
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11032-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 246 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 689 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)