A kingdom of stargazers astrology and authority in the late medieval crown of Aragon /
Michael A. Ryan.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prophecy, knowledge, and authority : divining the future and expecting the end of days -- For youths and simpletons : the folly of elite astrology -- The Iberian Peninsula : land of astral magic -- Kings and their heavens : the ceremonious and the negligent -- To condemn a king : the inquisitor and the notary -- A return to orthodoxy : the ascension of Martí I and the end of an era -- Epilogue : an unfortunate claimant : Jaume el Dissortat, the rise of the Trastámaras, and beyond the Closing of the Ecumene.