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Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics /

One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor's court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dooley, Brendan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PROLOGUE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE CRIME AND MEMORY
  • TWO THE ROAD TO VALLOMBROSA
  • THREE AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
  • FOUR THE ASTROLOGER'S BOOKS
  • FIVE THE SUN POPE
  • SIX THE WIDENING CIRCLE
  • SEVEN HEAVENLY BODIES
  • EIGHT CLEAN TEETH, PURE SOULS
  • NINE THE HARMONY OF THE UNIVERSE
  • TEN CHARTING THE FIRMAMENT
  • ELEVEN THE SCIENCE OF THE STARS
  • TWELVE THE BUSINESS OF ASTROLOGY
  • THIRTEEN DE RE PUBLICA
  • FOURTEEN OCCULT POLITICS
  • FIFTEEN THE LAST PROPHECY
  • SIXTEEN THE VENDETTA
  • SEVENTEEN THE BODY OF THE ACCUSED
  • EPILOGUE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX