Project Gutenberg 2016-11-25 Public domain in the USA. 309 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Historie van Doctor Jan Faustus, grooten tooveraer en zwarten konstenaer Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by André Engels, Scans: Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam/Early Dutch Books Online and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Early Dutch Books Online) "Historie van Doctor Jan Faustus, grooten tooveraer en zwarten konstenaer" is a fictional narrative written in the early 17th century. The work chronicles the life of Doctor Jan Faustus, a man who, disillusioned with traditional forms of scholarship, turns to dark magic and necromancy, ultimately leading to a tragic confrontation with his fate. Through Faustus's journey, the text explores themes of ambition, temptation, and the consequences of one's choices, particularly in relation to the supernatural. The opening of the narrative introduces Doctor Jan Faustus, offering background on his humble origins as the son of pious peasants from the town of Rhod near Jena. After being raised by a wealthy uncle who supported his studies, Faustus pursued theology but became increasingly drawn to the darker arts, ultimately abandoning religion in favor of necromancy. The text depicts Faustus's growing ambition and the allure of magical knowledge, as he begins to interact with sinister forces, culminating in a dramatic binding with the devil. This rich opening sets the stage for his complex internal struggles and the eventual horrifying consequences of his choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Faust, -approximately 1540 PN Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 254881 254870 2024-09-22T09:10:43.018244 2023-09-23T07:35:48.571682 text/html text/html 254155 2016-11-25T08:54:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 302133 2016-11-25T08:54:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 331889 2024-09-22T09:10:46.787296 application/epub+zip 330135 2024-09-22T09:10:43.736243 application/epub+zip 203909 2024-09-22T09:10:43.376242 application/epub+zip 416646 2024-09-22T09:10:49.446237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354938 2024-09-22T09:10:46.413260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229367 2022-09-24T10:56:32.036509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233059 232861 2024-09-22T09:10:42.665252 2023-09-23T07:35:47.909717 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 233112 2016-11-25T08:54:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 84454 2016-11-25T08:54:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18166 2024-09-22T09:10:49.573235 application/rdf+xml 23508 2024-09-22T09:10:43.455247 image/jpeg 3177 2024-09-22T09:10:43.415260 image/jpeg 302795 2024-09-22T09:10:43.058269 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia