Astrology

From Ancient Babylon to the Present

P. G. Maxwell-Stuart (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2010 | 1
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84868-107-1 (ISBN)

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The story of astrology through the ages from ancient Babylon to the present day. Astrology is a means of interpreting the influence which the position of certain heavenly bodies have upon the earth and human beings. The earliest records are those of Babylon, which were designed to help its kings understand the will of their gods. It then became a way of making sense of the world as people saw themselves as integral parts of a vast but puzzling whole. Medicine, politics, religion, the sciences, all had astrology woven into their fabric, and the best minds of the Middle Ages and early modern period engaged themselves in its study. Controversy, however, thereafter hastened its decline as a science until the twentieth century saw its return in the highest circles of the Third Reich and a number of post-war democracies. This book traces astrology's chequered history and notes that modern research suggests it should be taken much more seriously than people usually suppose.

P. G. Maxwell-Stuart is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of St. Andrews. He lives in St. Andrews.

Preface 1. Babylonian Beginnings 2. Egyptian Alexandria: Fourth Century BC to Fifth AD 3. India and the Arabs: Fifth Century to Twelfth 4. Humankind, the Universe in Miniature: Twelfth Century to Fifteenth 5. Controversy: Sixteenth Century 6. Journalism and Decline: Seventeenth Century and Eighteenth 7. An Elite Preoccupation: Nineteenth Century 8. Political Imperatives: Twentieth Century Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.8.2010
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chalford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	842 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Astrologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-84868-107-0 / 1848681070
ISBN-13	978-1-84868-107-1 / 9781848681071
Zustand	Neuware