This volume presents a critical edition of Laurens Pignon's treatise Contre les devineurs (1411) and examines its literary and historical context of courtly magic and astrology in Burgundy and France
Bremmer (history and science of religion, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and Veenstra (history of philosophy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) present 12 papers by an international group of academics from d
In these eight essays from a variety of disciplines, contributors describe how nations are built, often from very fragile material indeed. Topics include the state ideology of the councils of the Burg
