Cosmologies old and new: early modern transformations in scientific and philosophical thought

This lecture and debate will focus on the cosmology and natural philosophy transformations of the seventeenth century prompted by global navigations and the celestial discoveries made with the telescope. Researcher H. Darrel Rutkin from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will offer an overview of these changes.

The lecture will be followed by a presentation and debate on the recently published book “Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture” by Luís Campos Ribeiro.

After the debate, there will be a small exhibition of some of the Ajuda astrological manuscripts addressed in “Jesuit Astrology”.

22 September, 2023, 15h00, Biblioteca do Palácio da Ajuda