Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe

Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe brings together ten of Paola Zambelli''s papers on the subject, four of which are published in English for the first time. The papers in Part I of this volume deal with theories: the ideas of astrology and magic held by Renaissance thinkers; astrologers'' ideas on universal history and its cycles; i.e. catastrophes...