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The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher

Henry Bate's Nativitas (1280-81)

2018 || Hardcover || Steven Vanden Broecke e.a. || Leuven University Press

The present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246–after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his 'Nativitas' a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one’s own life and its idiosyncrasies. 'Th...