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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays presents new insights into what shaped and constituted the Renaissance and early modern views of fate and fortune. It argues that these ideas were emblematic of a more fundamental argument about the self, society, and the universe and shows that their influence was more widespread, both geographically and thematically, than hitherto assumed.
Trade Review“A valuable panorama of themes and perspectives on the subject.” Per Landgren, University of Oxford. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 748–749.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Contributors Introduction: Not Simple Twists of Fate Ovanes Akopyan Part 1: The Concept of Fate in Philosophy and Theology 1 Renaissance Consolations: Philosophical Remedies for Fate and Fortune John Sellars 2 Coluccio Salutati and the Humanist Critique of Fate Paul Richard Blum 3 Fate, Providence, and Fortuna in Giordano Bruno’s Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast Elisabeth Blum 4 Fortune and Fate in the Philosophy of Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655): Balancing between Freedom and Necessity Jo Coture Part 2: Political and Social Context 5 Fate and Fortune in Machiavelli’s Anatomy of the Body Politic Guido Giglioni 6 “Fortune is a Mistresse”: Figures of Fortune in English Renaissance Poetry Orlando Reade 7 The Game of Art and Chance: Lottery, Fortune, and Fatum in the Low Countries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Sophie Raux Part 3: Artistic Considerations 8 Renaissance Iconology of Fate Damiano Acciarino 9 Fortune, Fate and Providential Design in Georges de La Tour Dalia Judovitz 10 Ptolemy, Fortune, and Politics: A Case of the Reception of Western Scholarship in Early Modern Russia Ovanes Akopyan Bibliography Index Nominum
