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Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics
Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics
Author: Brendan Dooley
One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor's court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. His most serious crime was to have predicted the death of Pope ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691048642
ISBN-10: 0691048649
Publication Date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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