Dr Kat and John Dee's Scientific Magic

The line between science and magic was a blurry one in early modern England. In this video, I am exploring this fact through the life and career of Elizabeth's magician, John Dee.

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [   • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyrig...  ]

Images:
Portrait of John Dee from the 16th century. In the Ashmolean Museum.

Title page of John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, also known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563).

Dr John Dee's magical mirror. Created: 14th–16th century © Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum.

“John Dee Performing an Experiment before Elizabeth I” (Henry Gillard Glindoni (1852-1913), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons). In the Wellcome Collection.

A colouring of John Dee’s Hieroglyphicon Britanicon, from the frontispiece to “General and Rare Memorials, pertayning the Perfect Arte of Navigation” (written in 1577 - 1578).