Lanuza-Navarro Tayra M C
The Huntington Library, USA.
Hist Sci. 2017 Jun;55(2):187-209. doi: 10.1177/0073275317710537. Epub 2017 Jun 18.
Astrology, its legitimacy, and the limits of its acceptable practice were debated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Many of the related arguments were mediated by the work of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and the responses to it. Acknowledging the complexities of the relationship between astrological ideas and Christian teachings, this paper focuses on the Catholic debates by specifically considering the decisions about astrology taken by the Spanish Inquisition. The trials of astrologers are examined with the aim of understanding the role of experts in astrology in early modern Spain. This study brings into view the specific nature of the debate on astrology in Spain, the consequences of the actions of the Inquisition and the social control it exerted. The historical events discussed comprise a particular case and also mirror the general debates about astrology taking place in early modern Europe. The experts' opinions expressed in trials and in reports about the discipline received by the Inquisition reveal two key traits of the debate: the dispute about who had the authority to decide on the legitimacy of astrology and the disagreement about what constituted natural and judicial astrological practices. These led to different opinions about what was to be done with each defendant and about what content in their books ought to be forbidden.
占星术及其合法性以及其可接受实践的限度在16和17世纪的欧洲引发了争论。许多相关论点是由乔瓦尼·皮科·德拉·米兰多拉的著作及其引发的回应所介导的。认识到占星术观念与基督教教义之间关系的复杂性，本文通过具体考察西班牙宗教裁判所对占星术的裁决，聚焦于天主教的相关辩论。通过对占星师审判的审视，旨在理解早期现代西班牙占星术专家所扮演的角色。这项研究揭示了西班牙关于占星术辩论的具体性质、宗教裁判所行动的后果以及它所实施的社会控制。所讨论的历史事件构成了一个特殊案例，同时也反映了早期现代欧洲关于占星术的普遍辩论。在审判以及宗教裁判所收到的关于该学科的报告中专家所表达的意见揭示了辩论的两个关键特征：关于谁有权决定占星术合法性的争议，以及关于什么构成自然占星术和司法占星术实践的分歧。这些导致了对于如何处置每个被告以及他们书籍中哪些内容应被禁止的不同意见。
