Fiery shapes: celestial portents and astrology in Ireland and wales 700-1700
Williams, Mark
A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later MiddleAges and beyond. INDICE: List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface: literature, portents, and astrology; 1: Celestial portents and apocalypticism in medieval Ireland; 2: Druids, cloud-divination, and the portents of Antichrist; 3: Taliesin and Geoffrey of Monmouth's astrological portents; 4: Comets, portents, and astrology in late medieval Wales; 5: Morgan Llwyd and the spiritualization of astrology; Afterword; Bibliography; Glossary of Celtic and astrological terms; General Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957184-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés