A kingdom of stargazers : astrology and authority in the late medieval crown of Aragon / Michael A. Ryan.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

xiv, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prophecy, knowledge, and authority : divining the future and expecting the end of days -- For youths and simpletons : the folly of elite astrology -- The Iberian Peninsula : land of astral magic -- Kings and their heavens : the ceremonious and the negligent -- To condemn a king : the inquisitor and the notary -- A return to orthodoxy : the ascension of Martí I and the end of an era -- Epilogue : an unfortunate claimant : Jaume el Dissortat, the rise of the Trastámaras, and beyond the Closing of the Ecumene.