Astrology and Reformation [electronic resource] / Robin B. Barnes.

9780190250096 (electronic book)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

English

1 online resource (xii, 389 pages) : illustrations

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736058 doi

BR307 .B37 2015eb

261.513

While most modern approaches to the religious and social reforms of the sixteenth century give scant attention to stellar preoccupations, this study argues that astrological concepts played a key role in preparing the ground for the evangelical movement sparked by Martin Luther in the 1520s, as well as in shaping the distinctive characteristics of German evangelical culture over the following century.

While most modern approaches to the religious and social reforms of the sixteenth century give scant attention to stellar preoccupations, this study argues that astrological concepts played a key role in preparing the ground for the evangelical movement sparked by Martin Luther in the 1520s, as well as in shaping the distinctive characteristics of German evangelical culture over the following century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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