The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the 'predictive art' of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for I…
Main description: This study is the first to examine the important political role played by astrology in Italian court culture. Reconstructing the powerful dynamics existing between astrologers and their prospective or existing patrons, The Duke and the Stars illustrates how the…
"This study is the first to examine the important political role played by astrology in Italian court culture. Reconstructing the powerful dynamics existing between astrologers and their prospective or existing patrons, The Duke and the Stars illustrates how the "predictive art"…
This study is the first to examine the important political role played by astrology in Italian court culture. Reconstructing the powerful dynamics existing between astrologers and their prospective or existing patrons, The Duke and the Stars illustrates how the "predictive art" …
The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the 'predictive art' of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for I…
Le site de l'éditeur indique : "In 1499, the duchy of Milan had known independence for one hundred years. But the turn of the sixteenth century saw the city battered by the Italian Wars. As the major powers of Europe battled for supremacy, Milan, viewed by contemporaries as the …
Part I. Politics: The temporality of the state -- Urban construction and social control as capture -- Delegitimizing the Sforza -- Part II. Property: Land and ownership -- Protecting and suing -- Document destruction and fraud -- Part III. People: Elite displacements -- Holy sov…
"In 1499, Milan was an independent state with a stable government. But over the next thirty years, it descended into chaos amid the Italian Wars. John Gagné details Milan's social and political breakdown. The Renaissance may have been the cradle of the modern nation-state, but i…
"In 1499, Milan was an independent state with a stable government. But over the next thirty years, it descended into chaos amid the Italian Wars. John Gagné details Milan's social and political breakdown. The Renaissance may have been the cradle of the modern nation-state, but i…