A Fourteenth-Century Chronologer and Critic of Astrology

Heinrich Selder's Treatise on the Time of the Lord's Annunciation, Nativity, and Passion

Philipp Nothaft (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

468 Seiten

2022
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-284414-9 (ISBN)

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This volume makes available a newly discovered work by the Swabian astronomer Heinrich Selder (fl.1365-79), a hitherto overlooked figure in fourteenth-century intellectual history. Composed from 1371 to at least 1379, this 'Treatise on the Time of the Lord's Annunciation, Nativity and Passion' (Tractatus de tempore dominice annunciationis, nativitatis et passionis), records Selder's surprising views on two seemingly unrelated questions: the dimensions of history and the folly of astrology. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, from ancient Roman poets to the writings of a twelfth-century mystic nun, his 'Treatise' documents a sophisticated and prescient attempt to reconstruct the chronology of early human history, from the creation of the world to the birth of Christ, in a scientifically sound manner. Woven into these discussions is a fierce attack on the rationality and legitimacy of judicial astrology, which spotlights Selder as one of the most radical critics of this art and its practitioners in fourteenth-century Europe.

A Fourteenth-Century Chronologer and Critic of Astrology: presents the 'Treatise' in a critical edition with facing English translation. It is prefaced by a detailed investigation into its authorship and context as well as by in-depth analyses of its specific contributions in the areas of medieval astronomy, chronology, and anti-astrological thought.

C. Philipp E. Nothaft holds a doctorate in modern history from the University of Munich. He is the author or co-author of seven books and more than sixty articles on various aspects of the history of science and time-reckoning in medieval and early modern Europe. Prior to joining Trinity College Dublin as a research fellow in 2021, he held academic positions in Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom.

Preface
Abbreviations
Manuscript Sigla
1: Structure, Transmission, and Sources
2: Authorship
3: Mathematical Astronomy
4: Historical Chronology
5: The Case Against Astrology
Editorial Conventions
Tractatus de tempore dominice annunciationis, nativitatis et passioni
Capitulum primum
Capitulum secundum
Capitulum tertium
Treatise on the Time of the Lord's Annunciation, Nativity and Passion
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Appendix: Selder's Table of the Kings of Israel and Judah
References

Erscheinungsdatum	10.10.2022
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 224 mm
Gewicht	688 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-284414-8 / 0192844148
ISBN-13	978-0-19-284414-9 / 9780192844149
Zustand	Neuware