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Frances A. Yates
Publications - 51
Citations - 4142
Frances A. Yates is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Art of memory & Political theatre. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 51 publications receiving 4122 citations.
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The Art of Memory
TL;DR: Yates traces the art of memory from its treatment by Greek orators, through its Gothic transformations in the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the seventeenth century as discussed by the authors.
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Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition
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Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition
TL;DR: Yates as mentioned in this paper showed that Bruno was at once a rational philospher and a magician with an unorthodox religious message, emphasizing the primary importance of Hermetism in Renaissance thought.
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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
P. F. Corbin,Frances A. Yates +1 more
TL;DR: A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition as mentioned in this paper.
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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
TL;DR: A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition as mentioned in this paper.