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Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Astrology, European --- Prophecies (Occultism) --- Renaissance --- Prophecies (Occult sciences) --- Occultism --- European astrology --- History --- Astrology [European ] --- Congresses --- Prophecy --- Astronomy --- Europe --- Divination

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Historians of science often acknowledge the academic status of astrology in the early modern period, but mostly fail to explore its relation with other disciplines and its role in society. This book seeks to fill that gap. The first part of the book examines the practices and functions that shaped late medieval astrology, and relates how its academic status became discredited, both in northern Italy and the Low Countries. The second part of the book examines various counter-strategies of astrological reform, and shows how these ultimately failed to restore public trust in academic astrology. This book provides a new level of detail to the history of astrology. It also establishes important new links with other fields, like the history of universities, humanism, astronomy, medicine, and instrument building.

Astronomy --- Esoteric sciences --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Astronomie [Middeleeuwse ] --- Astronomie médiévale --- Astronomy [Medieval ] --- Medieval astronomy --- Middeleeuwse astronomie --- Astrology, European --- Astronomy, Medieval --- History --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> --- -Astronomy, Medieval --- 133.5094 --- European astrology --- Universiteiten--België--LEUVEN --- Philosophy & psychology Astrology History Europe --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- History. --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> Universiteiten--België--LEUVEN --- Astrology [European ] --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> Universities--Belgium--LEUVEN --- Universities--Belgium--LEUVEN --- Astrology, European - History

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People have interpreted the numeration of the years of their life since Antiquity (when, for example, the Emperor Augustus did so). Ancient medical theories thus maintained that matter is renewed every seven or nine years. The product of these two numbers is sixty-three, and the sixty-third year of a person’s life – the great climacteric – was believed to be very critical. Max Engammare presents the history of the anxiety surrounding this year that came back into force during the Renaissance, as early as Petrarch but especially with Marsilio Ficino. This book touches on most of the great names of the age, from Philipp Melanchthon and Theodore de Bèze to Rabelais. The question of the sixty-third king of France, Henri III or Henri IV, was also discussed by members of the League. The goal is to achieve an understanding of the arithmetic of these ancient fears that were reborn at the end of the 1400s and which have not in fact completely disappeared today—a proof of this is Sigmund Freud and the curse of 27 listing all the famous artists dead at the age of 27 (three times nine).

Symbolism of numbers --- Astrology, European --- Astronomy, Medieval --- History. --- réforme --- theology --- théologie --- calvinism --- astrology --- astrologie --- horoscope --- superstition --- medicine --- renaissance --- poetry --- calvinisme --- reformation --- poésie --- médecine

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People have interpreted the numeration of the years of their life since Antiquity (when, for example, the Emperor Augustus did so). Ancient medical theories thus maintained that matter is renewed every seven or nine years. The product of these two numbers is sixty-three, and the sixty-third year of a person's life - the great climacteric - was believed to be very critical. Max Engammare presents the history of the anxiety surrounding this year that came back into force during the Renaissance, as early as Petrarch but especially with Marsilio Ficino. This book touches on most of the great names of the age, from Philipp Melanchthon and Theodore de Bèze to Rabelais. The question of the sixty-third king of France, Henri III or Henri IV, was also discussed by members of the League. The goal is to achieve an understanding of the arithmetic of these ancient fears that were reborn at the end of the 1400s and which have not in fact completely disappeared today-a proof of this is Sigmund Freud and the curse of 27 listing all the famous artists dead at the age of 27 (three times nine). Depuis l’Antiquité, les hommes ont interprété la numération des années de leur vie, tel l’empereur Auguste, autre manière de retenir le temps qui fuit. Des théories médicales ont ainsi avancé que la matière se renouvelait toutes les sept ou neuf années. Le produit de ces deux chiffres (l’un dévolu au corps, l’autre à l’esprit) donne soixante-trois, et la soixante-troisième année de la vie humaine, grande climactérique, était regardée comme très critique. C’est sous le signe du nombre et du temps que Max Engammare fait l’histoire de l’intérêt inquiet pour cette année qui reprend vigueur à la Renaissance, avec Pétrarque, mais surtout avec Marsile Ficin. On croisera la plupart des grands noms du temps, dont des théologiens, à l’instar de Philipp Melanchthon, le bras droit de Luther, et de Théodore de Bèze, celui de Calvin, mais aussi de Rabelais, celui qui a introduit le mot en français. La question du soixante-troisième roi de France, Henri III ou Henri IV, sera également posée par des Ligueurs qui ne savaient pas en 1587 ou 1588 que les deux mourraient assassinés, et l’on jouera même au jeu de l’oie. Il s’agit de comprendre l’arithmétique de ces peurs antiques réactualisées dès la fin du XVe siècle et qui n’ont pas complètement disparu aujourd’hui, preuve en est Sigmund Freud ou la soi-disant malédiction des 27 répertoriant tous les artistes célèbres morts à l’âge de vingt-sept ans (trois fois neuf).

Symbolism of numbers --- Astrology, European --- Astronomy, Medieval --- Medieval astronomy --- European astrology --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Numerals --- History. --- Climacteric, Male --- Symbolisme des nombres --- Astronomie médiévale --- Andropause --- History --- Histoire --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1500-1599 --- Astrology, European. --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- Numerologie. --- Symbolism of numbers. --- Zahlensymbolik. --- climacteric year --- Renaissance astrology. --- Europa.