Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies
This article examines the late-medieval plague tractate by Augustine of Trento, an Augustinian friar who addressed the matter of plague before the Black Death of 1347/1348. I will investigate Augustine’s astrological approach to the prognostication, prevention, and cure of the plague epidemic. Furth...
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| description | This article examines the late-medieval plague tractate by Augustine of Trento, an Augustinian friar who addressed the matter of plague before the Black Death of 1347/1348. I will investigate Augustine’s astrological approach to the prognostication, prevention, and cure of the plague epidemic. Further, I will compare his work to the Compendium medicinalis astrologiae, composed by the Dominican Niccolò de Paganica in 1330, and to the consilia produced by the master of medicine Gentile da Foligno in 1348. This double comparison will help to better understand the shared intellectual milieu and the different approaches of these three authors. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1712152026-02-06T10:11:52Z Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies Bonini, Francesca astrology medicine plague Augustine of Trento Niccolò de Paganica Gentile da Foligno thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History This article examines the late-medieval plague tractate by Augustine of Trento, an Augustinian friar who addressed the matter of plague before the Black Death of 1347/1348. I will investigate Augustine’s astrological approach to the prognostication, prevention, and cure of the plague epidemic. Further, I will compare his work to the Compendium medicinalis astrologiae, composed by the Dominican Niccolò de Paganica in 1330, and to the consilia produced by the master of medicine Gentile da Foligno in 1348. This double comparison will help to better understand the shared intellectual milieu and the different approaches of these three authors. Published 2026-02-06T10:11:50Z 2026-02-06T10:11:50Z 2024-12-12 chapter 9788875903183 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171215 eng Quaderni di Noctua image/jpeg application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-9 https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-9 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni Medical and Philosophical Perspectives on Illness and Disease in the Middle Ages E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-9 https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-9 9c743178-7a11-43f5-9c4d-07b93e99f80f 06e34257-d26f-4a71-955c-9459468137d7 9788875903183 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 7 264-293 Florence, Parma, Turin open access |
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| title | Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies |
| title_full | Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies |
| title_fullStr | Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies |
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| title_short | Prognostication and Medical Astrology in 14th-Century Italy: Three Case Studies |
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