Europe's physician : the various life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne / Hugh Trevor-Roper.

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2006], ©2006.

xii, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Mayerne and his world -- Early years 1573-1598 -- Paris 1598-1601 -- The grand tour 1599-1601 -- The chemical challenge 1601-1605 -- The German dimension 1605-1606 -- Interlude in England 1606 -- Protestants and Catholics 1600-1610 -- The move to England 1610-1611 -- First years in England 1611-1613 -- Sir Thomas Overbury 1612-1615 -- Secret agent to King James 1614-1615 -- Medical reformer 1615-1616 -- The Protestant revolution 1616-1622 -- Baron d'Aubonne 1620-1621 -- Protector of Switzerland 1622 -- The last years of King James 1623-1625 -- Charles I and the Protestant débâcle 1625-1630 -- A new regime 1630-1631 -- Planting a dynasty 1630-1639 -- Enterpreneur and virtuouso -- The physician and his late years 1640-1655.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-421) and index.