About the author
Paola Zambelli was an Italian historian of philosophy who specialized in the intellectual history of astrology, magic, and Renaissance thought. Her scholarship focused on how astrological and magical ideas circulated among philosophers and theologians from the medieval Latin and Islamic worlds into Renaissance Europe. Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe, published by Routledge, gathers a decade's worth of her papers, several translated into English for the first time, examining both the theoretical underpinnings of astrology and magic and their practical uses. White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance, published by Brill, traces the subject through figures including Marsilio Ficino, Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Battista della Porta, Johannes Trithemius, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Giordano Bruno. An earlier study, Astrologi hallucinati, examined astrological thought around the Renaissance debates over the discipline's legitimacy. Her work is aimed at scholars and students of Renaissance intellectual history rather than practitioners.
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💬 What our editors say about Paola Zambelli's books
“Zambelli presents a rigorous academic exploration of astrology's role in shaping medieval and Renaissance thought, appealing primarily to specialists in history, philosophy, or esoteric studies. The work is dense with theoretical…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe: Theories and Approaches Zambelli, Paola
“Paola Zambelli delivers a meticulous and indispensable scholarly account of Renaissance magic, offering deep insights into the philosophical frameworks of figures like Trithemius and Della Porta. The work is rigorous,…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance: From Ficino, Pico, Della Porta to Trithemius, Agrippa, Bruno - Ingram Academic Zambelli, Paola
“Zambelli offers a rigorous academic dissection of medieval German astrology, focusing on intellectual debates rather than practice. While historically significant, this text is not suitable for casual readers seeking practical…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on "Astrologi hallucinati" (Reprint 2014)
📋 Editions by Paola Zambelli in the catalog
| Edition | Year | Publisher | Pages | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to | 2012 | Routledge | 312 | 9781409425144 |
| White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance: From Ficin | 2007 | Brill | 282 | 9789004160989 |
| "Astrologi hallucinati" (Reprint 2014) | 1986 | de Gruyter | 303 | 9783110103175 |
