Abstract
In several of his works, Nicolaus Ellenbog (1481-1543), a Benedictine ‘humanist’ from Ottobeuren, discusses celestial influence on human action. An analysis of the most relevant passages from his Enarrationes in Regulam S. Benedicti, his Quæstiones miscellaniæ (co-authored by his confrère Christophorus Mentzinger), and his Epistulæ, indicates that, unlike most late-medieval scholastics and Renaissance philosophers, he does not exalt human autonomy, but rather tends to embrace a soft astrological determinism (influenced by Marsilio Ficino, John of Głogów, and Augustine). The appendix offers a critical editio princeps of some interesting extracts from the abovementioned texts.
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