Alchemy was noticed as early as 5th century BC in Greece (as hundredthousand already had kindly pointed out). Prosecuted as witchcraft???? Excuse me?
First of all, Alchemy was mainly practiced in the Middle Eastern areas after the fall of Rome. It only fully arrived in Europe in 1100 (-ish) and it was mainly a translation from arabic into latin. Only later would it become more developed to the degree that latin countries would produce work in this field on their own and they stood in the shadow of middle eastern "science" until the end of Alchemy anyway. I hardly believe it was prosecuted at any point in history by the church, given that people such as St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) were known for being great alchemists. Thomas Aquinas is seen as the second most important rolemodel to Christians after their lord Jesus Christ.
In 14th century the church and especially England started putting forward many regulations which slowed Alchemy down, but was rather meant to stop "Pseudo-Alchemists" abusing Alchemy to rip some poor slobs off ,in that time Alchemy was mainly practiced by Monks & Clergymen due to it being written in Latin.
In the time of the Renaissance & Enlightenment Alchemy saw a further boom, as people such as Heinrich Agrippa pushed the limits of this science and openly admitted to being able to summon spirits through alchemy. He never got prosecuted but lost some high ranking positions he was holding.
Many famous people were sponsoring alchemists, such as:
-Queen Elizabeth I. of England
-King James IV. of Scottland
-Rudolf II., Holy Roman Emperor
In the early 19th century, alchemy was naturally replaced with chemistry and modern medicine.
Alchemy was the forefather for both of them and disolved slowly as both chemistry and modern medicine prooved far more succesfull in their individual fields then alchemy ever could.
THERE, I HOPE THAT HELPED YOU!!!!
Is it normal to observe so much at a young age to be a philosipher?
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And when did alchemists start being noticed, then prosecuted for being wizards?
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Witchcraft was punished as early as 5th century BC Greece but never to the extent modern history presumes.
Alchemy was noticed as early as 5th century BC in Greece (as hundredthousand already had kindly pointed out). Prosecuted as witchcraft???? Excuse me?
First of all, Alchemy was mainly practiced in the Middle Eastern areas after the fall of Rome. It only fully arrived in Europe in 1100 (-ish) and it was mainly a translation from arabic into latin. Only later would it become more developed to the degree that latin countries would produce work in this field on their own and they stood in the shadow of middle eastern "science" until the end of Alchemy anyway. I hardly believe it was prosecuted at any point in history by the church, given that people such as St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) were known for being great alchemists. Thomas Aquinas is seen as the second most important rolemodel to Christians after their lord Jesus Christ.
In 14th century the church and especially England started putting forward many regulations which slowed Alchemy down, but was rather meant to stop "Pseudo-Alchemists" abusing Alchemy to rip some poor slobs off ,in that time Alchemy was mainly practiced by Monks & Clergymen due to it being written in Latin.
In the time of the Renaissance & Enlightenment Alchemy saw a further boom, as people such as Heinrich Agrippa pushed the limits of this science and openly admitted to being able to summon spirits through alchemy. He never got prosecuted but lost some high ranking positions he was holding.
Many famous people were sponsoring alchemists, such as:
-Queen Elizabeth I. of England
-King James IV. of Scottland
-Rudolf II., Holy Roman Emperor
In the early 19th century, alchemy was naturally replaced with chemistry and modern medicine.
Alchemy was the forefather for both of them and disolved slowly as both chemistry and modern medicine prooved far more succesfull in their individual fields then alchemy ever could.
THERE, I HOPE THAT HELPED YOU!!!!