Darin Hayton

The Crown and the Cosmos (eBook, ePUB)

Astrology and the Politics of Maximilian I

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Maximilian I used astrology to help guide political actions, turning to astrologers and their predictions to find the most propitious times to sign treaties or arrange marriage contracts. Perhaps more significantly, he employed astrology as a political tool to gain support for his reforms and to reinforce his own legitimacy and that of the Habsburg dynasty. Hayton analyzes the various rhetorical tools astrologers used to argue for the nobility, antiquity, and utility of their discipline, and how they strove to justify their "science" on the grounds that through its rigorous interpretation of the natural world, astrology could offer more reliable predictions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822981138
• Artikelnr.: 44830145

Autorenporträt

Darin Hayton is associate professor of history of science at Haverford College.