Courting disaster : astrology at the English court and university in the later middle ages
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Courting disaster : astrology at the English court and university in the later middle ages
Macmillan Academic and Professional, 1992
Available at 8 libraries
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Bibliography: p. 260-272
Includes index
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Description
Astrology has been something of a permanent feature on the face of Western culture. This book, on previously unexplored manuscript material, attempts to build up a case study of the role played by astrology in later medieval England. Dr Carey has discovered horoscopes relating to English monarchs from Edward II to Edward V. Astrology fought hard in this period to retain some kind of academic respectability. In the end, astrologers were overwhelmed by the dangerous politics of the late medieval court. In its glory, astrology shared and contributed to the magnificent courts of Charles V of France, Richard II of England and his Lancastrian usurpers. By the mid fifteenth century, it had become a risky occupation which nevertheless dramatically increased in demand and influence, first at court and ultimately at all levels of society.
Table of Contents
- The problem of astrology
- the royal art - astrology before 1376
- the astrologers - books, libraries and scholars
- the high and noble science - astrology and the Merton circle
- astrology ignored - the court of Edward III
- astrology at the courts of Richard II and Charles V
- astrology in the ascendant - horoscopes and Henry V
- courting disaster - astrology and Henry VI
- astrology in the fifteenth century. Appendices: Manuscripts of known provenance with texts concerning astrology, divination and some related matters, with their owners, donors and readers
- books on astrology in the medieval libraries of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
- horoscopes in English manuscripts
- bibliographical guide to technical practice or medieval astrology.
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