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A companion to astrology in the Renaissance
Title
A companion to astrology in the Renaissance / edited by Brendan Dooley.
ISBN
9789004183520 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004183523 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004262300 (e-book)
Publication
Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Physical Description
xvi, 453 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2014
Series
Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, VOLUME 49
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Brendan Dooley
The culture of astrology from ancient to renaissance / Wolfgang Hübner
Representation of the skies and the astrological chart / Guiseppe Bezza
The return of Ptolemy / Ornella Faracovi
The theological debate / Graziella Federici Vescovini
Astrology and society / William Eamon
Astrology and politics / Steven Vanden Broecke
Astrology and science / Brendan Dooley
The new astral medicine / Hiro Hirai
Astrology and literature / Eileen Reeves
Picturing the stars: astrological imagery in the latin west, 1100-1550 / Dieter Blume
Reading the Peruvian skies / Claudia Brosseder.
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