Magic and divination at the courts of Burgundy and France : : text and context of Laurens Pignon's Contre les devineurs (1411) / / by Jan R. Veenstra.
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 B...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 83 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1998. |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English French |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 83. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (446 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Jan R. Veenstra
- INTRODUCTION / Jan R. Veenstra
- CHAPTER ONE: THE TREATISE AND ITS AUTHOR / Jan R. Veenstra
- CHAPTER TWO: THE PACT WITH THE ENEMY / Jan R. Veenstra
- CHAPTER THREE: HISTORY AND DIVINATION / Jan R. Veenstra
- CHAPTER FOUR: A CRITIQUE OF SUPERSTITION / Jan R. Veenstra
- RECAPITULATION / Jan R. Veenstra
- INTRODUCTION TO THE MANUSCRIPT / Jan R. Veenstra
- CI COMMENCE LE TRAITIÉ CONTRE LES DIVINEURS / Jan R. Veenstra
- APPENDIX ONE: THE CONFESSION OF MASTER JEHAN DE BAR / Jan R. Veenstra
- APPENDIX TWO: PROGNOSTICATION ON THE LIFE OF JOHN, DUKE OF BURGUNDY, AND HIS HEIRS BY MASTER ALOFRESIN / Jan R. Veenstra
- APPENDIX THREE: THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND A GAME OF NUMEROLOGICAL DIVINATION / Jan R. Veenstra
- GLOSSARY / Jan R. Veenstra
- BIBLIOGRAPHY / Jan R. Veenstra
- INDEX OF NAMES IN CLD / Jan R. Veenstra
- INDEX OF NAMES / Jan R. Veenstra
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND TITLES / Jan R. Veenstra.