Lynn Thorndike

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Lynn Thorndike


Born
in Lynn, Massachusetts, The United States
July 24, 1882

Died
December 28, 1965

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Lynn Thorndike was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy.

He was the brother of the psychologist Edward Lee Thorndike and of scholar Ashley Horace Thorndike.
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Average rating: 4.04 · 200 ratings · 25 reviews · 159 distinct works
The History of Medieval Europe

3.98 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1917 — 69 editions
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The Place of Magic in the I...

2.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1905 — 103 editions
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History of Magic and Experi...

4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1923 — 20 editions
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A History of Magic and Expe...

4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1923 — 33 editions
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A History of Magic and Expe...

4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions
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History of Magic and Experi...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1934 — 12 editions
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A History of Magic and Expe...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions
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History of Magic and Experi...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1934 — 7 editions
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Some Medieval Ideas of Magi...

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History of Magic and Experi...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions
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“medieval English literature reached its height after the plague in the writings of William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer”
Lynn Thorndike, The History of Medieval Europe

“North of the Alps almost any Italians engaged in banking were indiscriminately called “Lombards,” and Lombard Street was the center of the financial district of London.”
Lynn Thorndike, The History of Medieval Europe

“The poets of other countries learned from the troubadours many lessons in literary form; their refining influence upon manners was also widely felt and their attitude toward woman was generally adopted.”
Lynn Thorndike, The History of Medieval Europe

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