Corneille Agrippa: Volume 1: Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres

Prost, Auguste

ISBN 10: 0511910649 ISBN 13: 9780511910647

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

Described by one modern scholar as a 'classic biography' of Agrippa, Prost's two-volume work (1881–1882) charts the life of one of the most renowned humanists of Renaissance Europe. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486–1535) was a prolific author, best known for two popular, significant, and contradictory books: De occulta philosophia libri tres and De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium. Auguste Prost (1817–1896) established his reputation as an antiquarian and a historian of the French city of Metz. The first volume includes a comprehensive introduction to the occult arts and sciences, addressing their geographical and philosophical origins. In broad strokes, it covers the life and works of Agrippa before turning to specific periods in his life when he travelled to Cologne, Paris, Spain, Bourgogne, and Italy. This work will greatly interest historians and historiographers of Agrippa and of Renaissance magic and the occult.

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Descrizione del libro:

Providing a thorough examination of Agrippa's life and works, Prost's biography follows its subject through his travels and teaching across Western Europe in the early sixteenth century. In addition to its discussion of Agrippa, Volume 1 provides an important history and discussion of the occult arts and sciences.

Contenuti:

Introduction; 1. La vie et les oeuvres d'Agrippa. 1486–1535; 2. Agrippa à Cologne, à Paris, en Espagne, en Bourgogne. 1486–1511; 3. Agrippa en Italie. 1511–1518; 4. Agrippa à Metz. 1518–1520.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0511910649
• ISBN 13: 9780511910647
• Rilegatura: Printed Access Code