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Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France
Jan Veenstra
其他書名
Text and Context of Laurens Pignon's Contre les Devineurs (1411)
出版
BRILL
, 1997-12-01
主題
History / Europe / General
History / General
Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
History / Social History
ISBN
9004247378
9789004247376
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=meV5DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The magicians and astrologers who frequented the courts of Burgundy and France during the reign of Charles VI to render their dubious services to king and nobles, induced friar Laurens Pignon OP to write a treatise called
Contre les devineurs
(1411) which he dedicated to John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy. This book presents a critical edition of the treatise and tries to reconstruct its historical and intellectual context by examining the role of magic and astrology at court. By means of theological and philosophical arguments which he derives from Aquinas, Pignon demonstrates the dangers and deficiencies of divination. In three appendices editions of supplementary documents are supplied: a confession of a court-magician, two divinatory texts and a fictional prognostication on the house of Burgundy.