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History, Prophecy, and the Stars:
The Christian Astrology of Pierre d'Ailly, 1350-1420
Laura Ackerman Smoller

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Ch. 1Introduction3
Ch. 2The Medieval Debate about Astrology25
Ch. 3The Making of an Astrologer: The Development of Pierre d'Ailly's Thought on the Stars43
Ch. 4Astrology and the Narration of History61
Ch. 5The Great Schism and the Coming of the Apocalypse85
Ch. 6Astrology and the Postponement of the End102
Ch. 7The Concordance of Astrology and Theology122
Appendix 1. A Note on the Availability of d'Ailly's Writings on Astrology131
Appendix 2. A Chronology of d'Ailly's Works Dealing with Astrology136
Abbreviations138
Notes139
Select Bibliography209
Index227

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