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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A book of considerable charm and erudition. [Smoller's] writings make d'Ailly spring to life... History, Prophecy, and the Stars is a pleasure to read and should go a long way towards rescuing medieval astrology from being lightly dismissed as mere magical mumbo jumbo."--New Scientist
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2The Medieval Debate about Astrology25Ch. 3The Making of an Astrologer: The Development of Pierre d'Ailly's Thought on the Stars43Ch. 4Astrology and the Narration of History61Ch. 5The Great Schism and the Coming of the Apocalypse85Ch. 6Astrology and the Postponement of the End102Ch. 7The Concordance of Astrology and Theology122Appendix 1. A Note on the Availability of d'Ailly's Writings on Astrology131Appendix 2. A Chronology of d'Ailly's Works Dealing with Astrology136Abbreviations138Notes139Select Bibliography209Index227
