Author: Philip Massinger
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The Duke and the Stars
Author: Monica Azzolini
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674070364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
This study is the first to examine the important political role played by astrology in Italian court culture. Reconstructing the powerful dynamics existing between astrologers and their prospective or existing patrons, The Duke and the Stars illustrates how the “predictive art” of astrology was a critical source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis. Astrological “intelligence” was often treated as sensitive, and astrologers and astrologer-physicians were often trusted with intimate secrets and delicate tasks that required profound knowledge not only of astrology but also of the political and personal situation of their clients. Two types of astrological predictions, medical and political, were taken into the most serious consideration. Focusing on Milan, Monica Azzolini describes the various ways in which the Sforza dukes (and Italian rulers more broadly) used astrology as a political and dynastic tool, guiding them as they contracted alliances, made political decisions, waged war, planned weddings, and navigated health crises. The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674070364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
This study is the first to examine the important political role played by astrology in Italian court culture. Reconstructing the powerful dynamics existing between astrologers and their prospective or existing patrons, The Duke and the Stars illustrates how the “predictive art” of astrology was a critical source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis. Astrological “intelligence” was often treated as sensitive, and astrologers and astrologer-physicians were often trusted with intimate secrets and delicate tasks that required profound knowledge not only of astrology but also of the political and personal situation of their clients. Two types of astrological predictions, medical and political, were taken into the most serious consideration. Focusing on Milan, Monica Azzolini describes the various ways in which the Sforza dukes (and Italian rulers more broadly) used astrology as a political and dynastic tool, guiding them as they contracted alliances, made political decisions, waged war, planned weddings, and navigated health crises. The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy.
The Duke of Millaine. A Tragaedie in five acts and in verse
Author: Philip Massinger
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The Duke of Milan. A Tragedy, in Five Acts
Author: Philip Massinger
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Life and Times of Francesco Sforza Duke of Milan, with a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Italy
Author: William Pollard Urquhart
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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The Duke Who Didn't
Author: Courtney Milan
Publisher: Courtney Milan
ISBN: 1937248712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he’s back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke of Lansing, has returned to the tiny village he once visited with the hope of wooing Chloe. In his defense, it took him years of attempting to be serious to realize that the endeavor was incompatible with his personality. All he has to do is convince Chloe to make room for a mischievous trickster in her life, then disclose that in all the years they’ve known each other, he’s failed to mention his real name, his title… and the minor fact that he owns her entire village. Only one thing can go wrong: Everything.
Publisher: Courtney Milan
ISBN: 1937248712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he’s back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke of Lansing, has returned to the tiny village he once visited with the hope of wooing Chloe. In his defense, it took him years of attempting to be serious to realize that the endeavor was incompatible with his personality. All he has to do is convince Chloe to make room for a mischievous trickster in her life, then disclose that in all the years they’ve known each other, he’s failed to mention his real name, his title… and the minor fact that he owns her entire village. Only one thing can go wrong: Everything.
The Duke of Milan. A Tragedy, in Five Acts.
Author: Philip Massinger
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Languages : en
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Pages :
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Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351-1402)
Author: D. M. Bueno de Mesquita
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521234557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
This 1941 volume constitutes the first full account of the life of Giangaleazzo Visconti (1351-1402), the first Duke of Milan.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521234557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
This 1941 volume constitutes the first full account of the life of Giangaleazzo Visconti (1351-1402), the first Duke of Milan.
Sforza
Author: William Waldorf Astor Astor (Viscount)
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Isabella of Milan
Author: Marian Andrews
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Category : Milan
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Category : Milan
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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A History of Milan Under the Sforza
Author: Cecilia Mary Ady
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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