The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher

Henry Bate's Nativitas (1280-81)

Critical edition of the earliest known astrological autobiography The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246-after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode...

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Latijn | 290 pagina's (PDF, 4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018

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