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Astrology : a history / Peter Whitfield.
LIBRA - Special BF1671 .W55 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitfield, Peter, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astrology--History.
- Astrology.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H.N. Abrams, 2001.
- Summary:
- This history traces the key role astrology has played in the mainstream of Western intellectual life for more than two millennia. Peter Whitfield brings together research from ancient, classical, medieval, and modern times--and then relates astrology to the religion, philosophy, and science of each period. The unique historical manuscripts and works of art that illustrate the text, many drawn from the superb collections of the British Library, show how Western astrology evolved among different cultures and reconciled itself with many different belief systems.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Babylonia: The Dawn of Astrology. The Sacred Writing. The Gods of the Sky. The Astronomical Framework. Zodiac and Horoscope
- Ch. 2. Greece: The System Perfected. Babylonia and Greece. The Philosophical Background to Greek Astrology. Marcus Manilius: the First Astrological Treatise. The Scientific Astrology of Claudius Ptolemy. The Political Dimension: Astrology in Rome
- Ch. 3. The Middle Ages: Eclipse and Re-Emergence. The Post-Classical Crisis. Astrology in the Islamic World. The Revival of Astrology in the Latin West. God or Destiny: the Debate about the Limits of Astrology. Astrology and Medieval Science
- Ch. 4. The Renaissance: Triumph and Downfall. Astrology and Power Politics in England and France. Philosophical Renewal from Italy. Astrology in England 1550-1700. The Scientific Revolution and the Death of Astrology
- Ch. 5. Undefeated: Astrology in the Modern Era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0810942356
- 9780810942356
- OCLC:
- 45958093
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