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Book SynopsisNicholas Campion is Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture, Principal Lecturer in the Institute of Humanities and Education, and Programme Director of the on-line, distance-learning Master's degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.
Trade ReviewCampion leaves few stones unturned and the large section of notes and the ample bibliography make these two volumes [History of Western Astrology Volume I and II] an excellent starting point for those who wish to dig deeper. * The Observatory *
Table of ContentsThe Early Medieval World; The Twelfth Century Renaissance; The Thirteenth Century: Magic and Politics; Medieval Cosmology; The High Middle Ages; The Fifteenth Century: the pagan revival; Reform and Revolution; Renaissance Magic; The Seventeenth Century: the Last Flowering; Decline; The Newtonian Revolution; The Esoteric Enlightenment; The Radical Sky; The Revival of Horoscopic Astrology; The Theosophical Enlightenment; The Psychological Cosmos; Astrology in Popular Culture; Science and Scepticism; Astrology as a Modern Religion; Astrology and the Post-Modern Condition.
