Ryan, Michael A.

A kingdom of stargazers astrology and authority in the late medieval crown of Aragon / [electronic resource] : Michael A. Ryan. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - 214 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prophecy, knowledge, and authority : divining the future and expecting the end of days -- For youths and simpletons : the folly of elite astrology -- The Iberian Peninsula : land of astral magic -- Kings and their heavens : the ceremonious and the negligent -- To condemn a king : the inquisitor and the notary -- A return to orthodoxy : the ascension of Martí I and the end of an era -- Epilogue : an unfortunate claimant : Jaume el Dissortat, the rise of the Trastámaras, and beyond the Closing of the Ecumene.


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2011.
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Astrology, Spanish--History--To 1500.
Divination--History--Spain--Aragon--To 1500.
Prophecies (Occultism)--History--Spain--Aragon--To 1500.
Astrology and politics--History--To 1500.


Aragon (Spain)--Kings and rulers.


Electronic books.

BF1714.S65 / R93 2011eb

133.50946