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Veenstra, Jan R., Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France: Text and Context of Laurens Pignon's Contre les devineurs (1411), Leiden, E. J. Brill (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 83), 1998, xii + 433 pp.
- Resum
- 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.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction 1
Ch. 1 The Treatise and Its Author
1.1 The Prologues of Contre les devineurs 7
1.2 Divination and Magic: The Themes of Contre les devineurs 10
1.3 The Rise of Magic and Astrology: The Contexts of Contre les devineurs 21
1.4 Life and Works of Laurens Pignon, OP. 28
1.5 The Chronica compendiosa and the War of 1411 34
1.6 The King and the Evil Spirit 41
Ch. 2 The Pact with the Enemy
2.1 Motives for Murder 43
2.2 The Devil's Advocate 48
2.3 Epistola ex tenebris infernalibus 50
2.4 The Magic Court 59
2.5 The 'Bal des Ardents' and the Dangers of Pagan Ritual 89
Ch. 3 History and Divination 97
3.1 Simon de Phares: The First Historian of Astrology 98
3.2 History between Sacred and Secular 102
3.3 Signs from Heaven 112
3.4 Astrology, Burgundy, and History 119
3.5 Astrology and the Court of Burgundy 127
Ch. 4 A Critique of Superstition 137
4.1 Censure of Superstition 138
4.2 Classifying Superstition: Magic or Astrology 153
4.3 Demons 163
4.4 Dreams 176
4.5 Stars, Causes and Free Will 184
Recapitulation 201
Introduction to the Manuscript 207
Contre les devineurs 223
App. I The Confession of Master Jehan de Bar
App. II Prognostication on the Life of John, Duke of Burgundy, and his Heirs by Master Alofresin
App. III The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and a Game of Numerological Divination
Glossary 403
Bibliography 409
Index of Names in CLD 419
Index of Names 421
Index of Subjects and Titles 429
- Matèries
- Màgia - Màgia astrològica
Astronomia i astrologia
- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://www.brill.nl/product_id255.htm
- URL
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