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

Zambelli, Paola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004160981 ISBN 13: 9789004160989

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2007

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 Luther’s Time (De Gruyter, 1986) andThe ‘Speculum astronomiae’ and its enigma (Kluwer, 1992).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9004160981
• ISBN 13: 9789004160989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 282