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White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance: From Ficino, Pico, Della Porta to Trithemius, Agrippa, Bruno: 125 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 125) - Hardcover

Paola Zambelli

 
9789004160989: White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance: From Ficino, Pico, Della Porta to Trithemius, Agrippa, Bruno: 125 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 125)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004160981 ISBN 13: 9789004160989
Publisher: BRILL, 2012

Synopsis

The ideas of philosophers (Ficino, Pico, Della Porta, Bruno) on magic interfered with popular alternative and witchcraft rites. This book focuses on wandering scholastics (Trithemius, Agrippa, Paracelsus, Bruno) and will be a stimulating read for all those interested in Renaissance mentality.

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About the Author

Paola Zambelli, Ph.D. (1966) in History of Philosophy, Rome, is Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Florence. She has published on the history of astrology and magic in the age of scholasticism and in the Renaissance. Publications include Astrologi hallucinati. Stars and the End of the World at Luthers Time (De Gruyter, 1986) and The Speculum astronomiae and its enigma (Kluwer, 1992).

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Publisher
BRILL
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004160981
ISBN 13 
9789004160989
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
292