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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"history of astrology"”.
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
Questions around whether some form of astrology was practiced in early Medieval England often engage with textual ‘tools’ known as ‘prognostics’. Prognostics range from lists of ‘lucky’ or ‘unlucky’ calendar days to weather omens to prescribed activities according to the lunar cycle. Some scholars …
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Bloodied Hearts and Bawdy Planets: Greco-Roman Astrology and the Regenerative Force of the Feminine in Shakespeare’s <i>The Winter’s Tale</i>
<p>This thesis offers a new reading of William Shakespeare’s late play <em>The Winter’s Tale</em> (1623), positing that in order to understand this complex and eccentric work, we must read it with a complex and eccentric eye. In <em>The Winter’s Tale</em>, planets strike without warning, pulling at …