The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher
The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher

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Published: 2018

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9789461662699

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Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246-after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one's own life and its idiosyncrasies. The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher offers the first critical edition of Bate's Nativitas. An extensive introduction presents Bate's life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.

The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher
The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher

Author: Steven Vanden Broecke

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2018-11-26

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9462701555

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Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246–after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one’s own life and its idiosyncrasies. The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher offers the first critical edition of Bate’s Nativitas. An extensive introduction presents Bate’s life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality.

The Secret in Medieval Literature
The Secret in Medieval Literature

Author: Albrecht Classen

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1666917877

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The Secret in Medieval Literature explores the many secret agents, actions, creatures, and other beings influencing human existence. Medieval poets had a clear sense of the alternative dimension (the secret) and allowed it to enter quite frequently into their texts.

Tracing the Trails in the Medieval World
Tracing the Trails in the Medieval World

Author: Albrecht Classen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-11

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1000205029

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Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails, whether we are aware of them or not. Medieval poets, from the anonymous composer of Beowulf to Marie de France, Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Guillaume de Lorris to Petrarch and Heinrich Kaufringer, predicated their works on the notion of the trail and elaborated on its epistemological function. We can grasp here an essential concept that determines much of medieval and early modern European literature and philosophy, addressing the direction which all protagonists pursue, as powerfully illustrated also by the anonymous poets of Herzog Ernst and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Dante’s Divina Commedia, in fact, proves to be one of the most explicit poetic manifestations of the fundamental idea of the trail, but we find strong parallels also in powerful contemporary works such as Guillaume de Deguileville’s Pèlerinage de la vie humaine and in many mystical tracts.

An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France
An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France

Author: Helena Avelar de Carvalho

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-19

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 9004463380

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This book offers an internalist view on the history of astrology by studying the case of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France. It addresses his methods of work, his process of learning, and his practice.

Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1
Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes Volume 1

Author: Dragos Calma

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 9004395113

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Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes, published in three volumes, is a fresh, comprehensive understanding of Proclus’ legacy in the Hellenic, Byzantine, Islamic, Latin and Hebrew traditions. The history of the Book of Causes, an Islamic adaptation of mainly Proclus’ Elements of Theology and Plotinus' Enneads, is reconsidered on the basis of newly discovered manuscripts. This first volume enriches our understanding of the diverse reception of Proclus’ Elements of Theology and of the Book of Causes in the Western tradition where universities and religious schools offered unparalleled conditions of diffusion. The volume sheds light on overlooked authors, texts, literary genres and libraries from all major European universities from the 12th to the 16th centuries.

Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts
Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts

Author: Sophie Page

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780802085115

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"Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts describes the complexity of western medieval astrology and its place in society, as revealed by a wealth of illustrated manuscripts and historical background."--BOOK JACKET.

The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy
The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy

Author: Robert Pasnau

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-19

Total Pages: 1520

ISBN-13: 1139952927

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Philosophy comprises over fifty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of this period. Starting in the late eighth century, with the renewal of learning some centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, a sequence of chapters takes the reader through developments in many and varied fields, including logic and language, natural philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, and theology. Close attention is paid to the context of medieval philosophy, with discussions of the rise of the universities and developments in the cultural and linguistic spheres. A striking feature is the continuous coverage of Islamic, Jewish, and Christian material. There are useful biographies of the philosophers, and a comprehensive bibliography. The volumes illuminate a rich and remarkable period in the history of philosophy and will be the authoritative source on medieval philosophy for the next generation of scholars and students alike.

On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar
On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar

Author: Julio Samsó

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 1027

ISBN-13: 9004436588

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In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó shows that astronomical sources, written in al-Andalus, the Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula, belong to the same tradition and emphasizes the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to medieval Europe.