About the author
Brendan Dooley is a historian whose work centers on the intellectual and cultural history of the European Renaissance, including the history of astrology as practiced and debated in that period. A Companion to Astrology in the Renaissance (Brill, 2014) surveys astrology as a scholarly and cultural discipline that reached its height in Renaissance Europe before its later decline. Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics (Princeton University Press, 2002) examines the trial of Orazio Morandi, a Roman abbot and astrologer prosecuted around the same time as Galileo for possessing prohibited books and practicing fortune telling, using the case to explore the politics of astrology in early seventeenth-century Rome. Dooley's books treat astrology as a historical and political subject rather than as a practice to be applied, suiting readers interested in the history of science and ideas.
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“Dooley provides a compelling scholarly defense of Renaissance astrology as a legitimate intellectual discipline rather than simple superstition. The text is dense with academic rigor, making it an invaluable resource for…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on A Companion to Astrology in the Renaissance - Ingram Academic Dooley, Brendan
“Brendan Dooley delivers a compelling account of Orazio Morandi, enriching our understanding of early 17th-century Rome through fresh historical discoveries. The book vividly portrays the cultural ferment where esoteric knowledge…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics
