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Author Ryan, Michael A.

Title A kingdom of stargazers [electronic resource] : astrology and authority in the late medieval crown of Aragon / Michael A. Ryan.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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Description 214 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 Marti I and the end of an era -- Epilogue : an unfortunate claimant : Jaume el Dissortat, the rise of the Trastamaras, and beyond the Closing of the Ecumene.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Astrology, Spanish -- History -- To 1500.
Divination -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500.
Prophecies (Occultism) -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500.
Astrology and politics -- History -- To 1500.
Aragon (Spain) -- Kings and rulers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801449840 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801463150 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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