John Dee leaves England seeking divine knowledge. In continental Europe, his work with Edward Kelley brings him before rulers, draws religious scrutiny, and eventually produces an instruction that threatens the boundaries of both men's marriages.
John Dee leaves England seeking divine knowledge. In continental Europe, his work with Edward Kelley brings him before rulers, draws religious scrutiny, and eventually produces an instruction that threatens the boundaries of both men's marriages. The second chapter of our six-episode Halloween special follows the surviving accounts through patronage, conflict and the demand Dee called a hard and impure doctrine. Its final segment assesses the records, the reported gold, and the limits of what we can know about the women asked to obey.
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