Title: A companion to astrology in the Renaissance /
Authors: Dooley, Brendan Maurice, 1953-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Astrology History; Renaissance; Astrologie; Renaissance
Abstract: "This book is rather unusual among the treatments of our theme, in that it attempts to cover the gamut of astrological thought and practice within the chronological framework roughly from 1350 through to 1650."--Introduction, p. 5.
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.