Helisaeus Röslin and freedom of religion

  • Miguel A. Granada Universidad de Barcelona
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASHF.2014.v31.n1.45612
Keywords: Chronology, eschatology, end of history, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, celestial novelties, Medicean planets, numerical proportions in history, reform of the calendar, second coming of Christ, Tabella des Welt Spiegels.

Abstract

Helisaeus Röslin does not figure significantly in historical surveys of religious tolerance. Nevertheless, Carlos Gilly has shown in several works that the Swabian-Alsatian physician tirelessly defended throughout his life the need to uphold the freedom of religion and of conscience, both as a religious postulate and as a factor for economic progress and social peace. This article focuses on Röslin’s concept of religious freedom in relation to his concept of history, his work on chronology and his interpretation of the celestial novelties of the period, particularly the nova of 1604 and Galileo’s discovery of the Medicean planets in 1610, just as they appear in two of Röslin’s later works: Mitternächtige Schiffarth (1611) and the Tabella des Welt Spiegels (1612).

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Published
2014-06-12
How to Cite
Granada M. A. (2014). Helisaeus Röslin and freedom of religion. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 31(1), 69-88. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASHF.2014.v31.n1.45612
Issue
Vol. 31 No. 1 (2014)
Section
Estudios

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