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The intellectual and social declines of alchemy and astrology - Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2023
John Clements
"By the early decades of the eighteenth century alchemy and astrology had ceased to be considered respectable or credible by elite society. Astrology had been removed from
university curricula, while alchemy largely ceased to be publicly practised by the educated and respected and became regarded by those of elite status to be little more than a tool for charlatans or quacks. This thesis draws out these twin declines and considers them in parallel, focusing on trying to analyse what changed intellectually and socially within
England to so dramatically alter the fates of these arts."
https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20821/1/The%20intellectual%20and%20social%20declines%20of%20alchemy%20and%20astrology,%20John%20Clements,%20PhD%20Thesis.docx.pdf