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Title Horoscopes and public spheres : essays on the history of astrology / edited by Guenther Oestmann, H. Darrel Rutkin, Kocku von Stuckrad
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Series Religion and society ; v. 42
Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 42.
Contents Pages:1 to 25 -- Pages:26 to 50 -- Pages:51 to 75 -- Pages:76 to 100 -- Pages:101 to 125 -- Pages:126 to 150 -- Pages:151 to 175 -- Pages:176 to 200 -- Pages:201 to 225 -- Pages:226 to 250 -- Pages:251 to 275 -- Pages:276 to 300
Summary Annotation This volume examines the specific role of horoscopic astrology in Western culture from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Focusing on the public appearance of astrological rhetoric, the essays break new ground for a better understanding of the function of horoscopes in public discourse. The volume's three parts address the use of imperial horoscopes in late antiquity, the transformation of doctrines and rhetorics in Islamic medieval contexts, and the important status of astrology in early modern Europe. The combination of in-depth historical studies and methodological considerations results in an important contribution to religious and cultural studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Astrology -- History.
Horoscopes -- History
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Astrology -- General.
Astrology
Horoscopes
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Oestmann, Günther, 1959-
Rutkin, H. Darrel
Stuckrad, Kocku von, 1966-
ISBN 9783110925128
3110925125