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In the Middle Ages the art of predicting earthly events and human characteristics from the movements of the stars and planets was a scientific branch of learning with a philosophical basis. Its influence extended to natural philosophy and cosmology, medicine, agriculture, weather-forecasting and alchemy. Yet astrology was never an entirely acceptable practice, attracting both religious and scientific objections. These ambivalent medieval attitudes are just one aspect of this wide-ranging and clearly-written account of astrological ideas and practices in medieval society, comprehensively illustrated from a wide range of manuscripts.
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Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts, Sophie Page
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- 2002
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- Title
- Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sophie Page
- Publisher
- British Library
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 64
- ISBN10
- 0712347445
- ISBN13
- 9780712347440
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Religion & Spirituality, Art, Architecture, Architecture & Urbanism, Science, New Age & Spirituality, Art History & Criticism, Middle Ages, History of Art, Astrology, Mind and Body, Social History, History of Science
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- 3.5 out of 5
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- In the Middle Ages the art of predicting earthly events and human characteristics from the movements of the stars and planets was a scientific branch of learning with a philosophical basis. Its influence extended to natural philosophy and cosmology, medicine, agriculture, weather-forecasting and alchemy. Yet astrology was never an entirely acceptable practice, attracting both religious and scientific objections. These ambivalent medieval attitudes are just one aspect of this wide-ranging and clearly-written account of astrological ideas and practices in medieval society, comprehensively illustrated from a wide range of manuscripts.