Article ID: CBB950440979

Preludes to the Inquisition: Self-Censorship in Medieval Astrological Discourse (2020)

unapi

Astrologers have exercised self-censorship throughout the centuries in order to fend off criticism. This was largely for religious reasons, but social, political, and ethical motivations also have to be taken into account. This paper explores the main reasons that led astrologers to increase censorship in their writings in the decades that preceded the Church’s regulations and offers some examples of this self-imposed restraint in astrological judgements.

...More
Included in

Article Francisco Malta Romeiras (2020) The Inquisition and the Censorship of Science in Early Modern Europe: Introduction. Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 1-9). unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB950440979/

Similar Citations

Article Neil Tarrant; (2020)
Reconstructing Thomist Astrology: Robert Bellarmine and the Papal Bull coeli et terrae (/isis/citation/CBB005462295/)

Article Luís Campos Ribeiro; (2020)
The Bounded Heavens: Defining the Limits of Astrological Practice in the Iberian Indices (/isis/citation/CBB478312733/)

Article Francisco Malta Romeiras; (2020)
Putting the Indices into Practice: Censoring Science in Early Modern Portugal (/isis/citation/CBB223674544/)

Article Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle; (2018)
Galileo and the Case of Psalm 19 (/isis/citation/CBB117312428/)

Article Luís Tirapicos; (2020)
On the Censorship of Tycho Brahe’s Books in Iberia (/isis/citation/CBB545281826/)

Article Tarrant, Neil; (2014)
Censoring Science in Sixteenth-Century Italy: Recent (and Not-So-Recent) Research (/isis/citation/CBB001420237/)

Article Leen Spruit; (2016)
Roman Censorship of Science and Natural Philosophy: 16th–17th Centuries (/isis/citation/CBB513454885/)

Article Francisco Malta Romeiras; (2020)
The Inquisition and the Censorship of Science in Early Modern Europe: Introduction (/isis/citation/CBB205623659/)

Essay Review Franco Giudice; (2007)
Only a Matter of Credit? Galileo, the Telescopic Discoveries, and the Copernican System (/isis/citation/CBB386449739/)

Article Massimo Bucciantini; (2004)
Reazioni alla condanna di Copernico: nuovi documenti e nuove ipotesi di ricerca (/isis/citation/CBB100264961/)

Article Tolbert, Jane T.; (2003)
Peiresc and Censorship: The Inquisition and the New Science, 1610-1637 (/isis/citation/CBB000660535/)

Book Fragnito, Gigliola; (2001)
Church, Censorship, and Culture in Early Modern Italy (/isis/citation/CBB000100783/)

Book Clizia Carminati; (2008)
Giovan Battista Marino tra inquisizione e censura (/isis/citation/CBB099790160/)

Article Michel-Pierre Lerner; (2004)
Copernic suspendu et corrigé : sur deux décrets de la Congrégation romaine de l'Index, 1616-1620 (/isis/citation/CBB583560633/)

Essay Review Michele Camerota; (2004)
Campanella e la scienza galileiana. Intorno ad una recente edizione della Apologia pro Galileo (/isis/citation/CBB666471463/)

Essay Review Federica Favino; (2004)
Contro Tycho. Per una lettura contestuale del Discorso delle comete (/isis/citation/CBB814508796/)

Authors & Contributors
Tarrant, Neil
Spruit, Leen
Romeiras, Francisco Malta
Clizia Carminati
Anatrini, Leonardo
Ribeiro, Luís Campos
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Bruniana & Campanelliana: Ricerche Filosofiche e Materiali Storico-testuali
The Catholic Historical Review
History of Science
Publishers
Carocci Editore
Antenore
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Censorship
Science and religion
Inquisitions
Roman Catholic Church
Astronomy
Copernicanism
People
Galilei, Galileo
Campanella, Tommaso
Brahe, Tycho
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni
Riccioli, Giovanni Battista
Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
18th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Portugal
Spain
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment