The Limits of Influence : Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of Renaissance Astrology

Vanden, Steven Broecke 2003 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 , Vol. 4 ( Serie ) Leiden; Boston : BRILL 9789004453616 | 9789004131699 | BRILL9789004453616 Abstract

This is a case study of astrology's changing status as an academic discipline in the sixteenth century. It provides fascinating new insights in the practice of Renaissance astrology, its social position, and its profound impact on the changes in early modern European science.