Relações entre Magia e Astrologia na Idade Média
Thainan Noronha de Andrade
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) January 30, 2018 preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7607364 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis |
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| Key points | Argues that magic and astrology occupied a relevant place in medieval culture and that their reception within medieval religious orthodoxy, as seen through prevailing authorities, shaped the period's conception of these fields. The paper also offers a methodological discussion on the historiography of Western Esotericism. |
Abstract
This paper has the objective to describe briefly the historical trajectories of magic and astrology in the Middle Ages, highlighting mainly the reception of these doctrines within medieval religious orthodoxy, shown here through the views of authorities whose opinions were prevailing in the conception of the period on these fields. At the end of the article, there is a synthesis between the paths of magic and astrology, as well as to provide a brief methodological discussion about the field's historiography, intending to contribute for a better understanding on Western Esotericism and the intercourses between the disciplines here exposed, which occupied a relevant place in medieval culture.