Dame Frances Amelia Yates (1899-1981) was a noted British historian. She taught at the Warburg Institute of the University of London for many years and received numerous honours, including the OBE and the DBE. Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...

She wrote extensively on the occult or neoplatonist philosophies of the Renaissance. Her books Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964), The Art of Memory (1966), and The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1971), drew attention to the key role played by magic in early modern science and philosophy. This was before scholars such as Keith Thomas brought this topic into the historiographical mainstream. Some of her conclusions have later been challenged by other scholars. Jump to: navigation, search The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ... Jump to: navigation, search By region Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno (1548 – February 17, 1600), a. ...

The American novelist John Crowley drew extensively on Yates for the occult motifs in Little, Big (1981). Jump to: navigation, search John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and mainstream fiction. ... Jump to: navigation, search Little, Big (ISBN 0553373978) is a novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. ...

Works

• The French Academies of the Sixteenth Century (1947)
• The Valois Tapestries (1959)
• John Florio: The Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England (1968)
• Theatre of the World (1969)
• Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964)
• The Art of Memory (1966)
• The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972)
• Astraea : The Imperial Theme in the Sixteenth Century (1975)
• Shakespeare's Last Plays: A New Approach (1975)
• The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (1979)
• Lull and Bruno (1982) Collected Essays I
• Renaissance and Reform : The Italian Contribution (1983) Collected Essays II
• Ideas and Ideals in the North European Renaissance (1984) Collected Essays III

See also

• Hermeticism
• Neoplatonism