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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 chic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dooley, Brendan Maurice, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Crime and Memory
  • The Road to Vallombrosa
  • Ad Astra Per Aspera
  • The Astrologer's Books
  • The Sun Pope
  • The Widening Circle
  • Heavenly Bodies
  • Clean Teeth, Pure Souls
  • The Harmony of the Universe
  • Charting the Firmament
  • The Science of the Stars
  • The Business of Astrology
  • De Re Publica
  • Occult Politics
  • The Last Prophecy
  • the Vendetta
  • The Body of the Accused.