Sapientia Astrologica: Astrology, Magic and Natural Knowledge, ca. 1250-1800 I. Medieval Structures (1250-1500): Conceptual, Institutional, Socio-Political, Theologico-Religious and Cultural /

• Main Author: Rutkin, H Darrel (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 55
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Intellectual life-History.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Europe-History-1492-.; History of Philosophy.; History of Science.; Intellectual Studies.; History of Medieval Europe.; History of Early Modern Europe.

This book explores the changing perspective of astrology from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era. It introduces a framework for understanding both its former centrality and its later removal from legitimate knowledge and practice. The discussion reconstructs the changing roles of astrology in W...