| Author | : Ovanes Akopyan |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2020-10-12 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9004442278 |
An account of the astrological controversies that arose in Renaissance Italy in the wake of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Disputationes adversus astrologiam divinatricem, published in 1496.
| Author | : Monica Azzolini |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2013-02-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674067916 |
The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the “predictive art” of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis.
| Author | : Noel L. Brann |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 530 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9789004123625 |
This study explores a prominent Italian Renaissance theme, the origin of genius, revealing how the coalescence of a Platonic theory of divine frenzy and an Aristotelian theory of melancholy genius eventually disintegrated under the force of late Renaissance events.
| Author | : Luís Campos Ribeiro |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 2023-06-12 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004548971 |
Connections between the Society of Jesus and astrology used to appear as unexpected at best. Astrology was never viewed favourably by the Church, especially in early modern times, and since Jesuits were strong defenders of Catholic orthodoxy, most historians assumed that their religious fervour would be matched by an equally strong rejection of astrology. This groundbreaking and compelling study brings to light new Jesuit scientific texts revealing a much more positive, practical, and nuanced attitude. What emerges forcefully is a totally new perspective into early modern Jesuit culture, science, and education, highlighting the element that has been long overlooked: astrology.
| Author | : Albert Rabil |
| Publisher | : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Anthony Grafton |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : Humanists |
| ISBN | : 0674659732 |
Anthony Grafton explores the art and influence of an opaque historical figure: the magus, or learned magician. A distinctive intellectual type in Renaissance Europe, magi contributed to the humanistic currents of the time and had a transformative impact on public life, influencing advances in sculpture, painting, engineering, and other fields.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 797 |
| Release | : 2024-06-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004695583 |
Every third year, the members of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS) assemble for a week-long conference. Over the years, this event has evolved into the largest single conference in the field of Neo-Latin studies. The papers presented at these conferences offer, then, a general overview of the current status of Neo-Latin research; its current trends, popular topics, and methodologies. In 2022, the members of IANLS gathered for a conference in Leuven where 50 years ago the first of these congresses took place.This volume presents the conference’s papers which were submitted after the event and which have undergone a peer-review process. The papers deal with a broad range of fields, including literature, history, philology, and religious studies.
| Author | : Mark Jurdjevic |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2014-03-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674368991 |
Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential.
| Author | : Ovanes Akopyan |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2021-04-26 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9004459960 |
This collection of essays presents new insights into what shaped and constituted the Renaissance and early modern views of fate and fortune. It argues that these ideas were emblematic of a more fundamental argument about the self, society, and the universe and shows that their influence was more widespread, both geographically and thematically, than hitherto assumed.
