How Long to Read Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics

How Long Does it Take to Read Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics by Brendan Dooley

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Description

One year before Galileo's, another trial was the talk of Rome. The city's most notorious astrologer--Orazio Morandi, abbot of the monastery of Santa Prassede--was brought before the governor's court on charges of possessing prohibited books, fortune telling, and political chicanery. His most serious crime was to have predicted the death of Pope Urban VIII and allowed news of this to spread as far as Spain, where cardinals quickly embarked for Italy to attend a conclave that would not occur for fourteen years. The pope, furious at such astrological and political effrontery, personally ordered the criminal inquiry that led to Morandi's arrest, trial, and death in prison, probably by assassination. Based on new evidence, this book chronicles Morandi's fabulous rise and fall against the backdrop of enormous political and cultural turmoil that characterized Italy in the early seventeenth century. It documents a world in which occult knowledge commanded power, reveals widespread libertinism behind monastery walls, and illuminates the arduous metamorphosis of intellectual culture already underway. It also sets the stage for, and lends new understanding to, the trial of Galileo that would follow shortly. The mystery of Morandi concerns the basic compulsion to advance in a status-drenched society and the very nature of knowledge at the birth of science. Told here in colorful detail, Morandi's story is fascinating in its own right. Beyond that, it allows us to glimpse the underside of early modern high society as never before.

How long is Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics?

Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics by Brendan Dooley is 354 pages long, and a total of 89,916 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics aloud.

What Reading Level is Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics?

Morandi's Last Prophecy and the End of Renaissance Politics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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