History.
Although astrology was viewed with suspicion by the medieval church, it became a major area of inquiry for the renowned cardinal and scholar Pierre d'Ailly, whose astrological and apocalyptic writings had a significant influence on Christopher Columbus. D'Ailly's writings on the stars...
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Princeton University Press,
2017.
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| Edice: | Princeton legacy library.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1m322wn |
Obsah:
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. The Medieval Debate about Astrology
- Ch. 3. The Making of an Astrologer: The Development of Pierre d'Ailly's Thought on the Stars
- Ch. 4. Astrology and the Narration of History
- Ch. 5. The Great Schism and the Coming of the Apocalypse
- Ch. 6. Astrology and the Postponement of the End
- Ch. 7. The Concordance of Astrology and Theology
- Appendix 1. A Note on the Availability of d'Ailly's Writings on Astrology
- Appendix 2. A Chronology of d'Ailly's Works Dealing with Astrology.