ISBN:
3110185458
,
9783110185454
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 290 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Religion and society 42
Series Statement:
Religion and society
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Horoscopes and Public Spheres
DDC:
133.509
Keywords:
Astrology History
;
Horoscopes History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Astrologie
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction: horoscopes and history -- Horoscopes and the public sphere in antiquity -- What was Agrippina waiting for? -- The Emperor Hadrian in the horoscopes of Antigonus of Nicaea -- The possible survival of Babylonian astrology in the fifth century CE : a discussion of historical sources -- Medieval astrology : Muslim and Jewish discourse -- Zoroastrian historical astrology -- Circular motions : private pleasure and public prognostication in the nativities of the Mughal Emperor Akbar -- The horoscope of Iskandar Sultan as a cosmological vision in the Islamic world -- Historical horoscopes of Israel : Abraham bar Riyya, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Yosef ben Eliezer -- The use of horoscopes in Renaissance and early modern Europe -- Various uses of horoscopes : astrological practices in early modern Europe -- Reading health in the stars : politics and medical astrology in Renaissance Milan -- Evidence and conjecture in Cardano's horoscope collections -- The function of horoscopes in biographical narrative : Cardano and after -- J.W.A. Pfaff and the rediscovery of astrology in the age of romanticism
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: horoscopes and history -- Horoscopes and the public sphere in antiquity -- What was Agrippina waiting for? -- The Emperor Hadrian in the horoscopes of Antigonus of Nicaea -- The possible survival of Babylonian astrology in the fifth century CE : a discussion of historical sources -- Medieval astrology : Muslim and Jewish discourse -- Zoroastrian historical astrology -- Circular motions : private pleasure and public prognostication in the nativities of the Mughal Emperor Akbar -- The horoscope of Iskandar Sultan as a cosmological vision in the Islamic world -- Historical horoscopes of Israel : Abraham bar Riyya, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Yosef ben Eliezer -- The use of horoscopes in Renaissance and early modern Europe -- Various uses of horoscopes : astrological practices in early modern Europe -- Reading health in the stars : politics and medical astrology in Renaissance Milan -- Evidence and conjecture in Cardano's horoscope collections -- The function of horoscopes in biographical narrative : Cardano and after -- J.W.A. Pfaff and the rediscovery of astrology in the age of romanticism.
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027038.html
