This seminar explores the contested role of Astrology in early-modern Europe.

Bibliography for essay: To what extent was early-modern astrology compatible with religious beliefs? Prepared for the special subject module: Ghosts, Witches and Portents in Early Modern Europe.

A seminar about early-modern almanacs and astrology and how opinions about these changed during the period.

Seminar outline for HST115: The 'Disenchantment' of Early Modern Europe c. 1570-1770, produced for the 2007 session at the Department of History, University of Sheffield. Also includes a Source exercise about Early Modern Astrology. Students are separated into two groups and each given one side of the debate from texts by John Webster and Seth Ward(for or against astrology). They are then asked to analyse the extracts for context and point of view and use the question sheet as a rough guide.

Seminar outline for HST115: The 'Disenchantment' of Early Modern Europe c. 1570-1770, produced for the 2007 session at the Department of History, University of Sheffield.