Heaven and Earth in the Middle Ages: The Physical World Before Columbus
Simek, Rudolf; Hall, Angela (Trans.)
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Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xii, 164pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle rubbing to corners and edges of blue cloth over boards. Lean to spine. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A discussion of European understanding of the physical world from the 9th century to the 15th, ranging from astronomy to zoology - and refuting the more recent notion that the world was thought flat. What were the ideas held by medieval man concerning the size and shape of the earth? How many planets were there, and of what material was the universe constructed? What was the relationship between the sky and Heaven? How were snow, thunderstorms and comets explained? In this fascinating book Dr Simek shows that though nature was thought to be permeated by the will of God, there were numerous explanations for unknown phenomena, from the simple theories of the early middle ages to the more sophisticated ideas of the centres of learned scholasticism in Paris and Oxford. He presents a cross-section of the medieval knowledge of the physical world as deliberated and discussed byauthors from the 9th to the 15th centuries. He touches on fields as diverse as astronomy, geography, physics, botany and chemistry, and shows how medieval knowledge combined `scientific' explanations with others from popular mythology and folklore. RUDOLF SIMEKis Professor of Medieval German and Scandinavian Literature at the University of Bonn in Germany.(Publisher). Seller Inventory # 14835
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Title: Heaven and Earth in the Middle Ages: The ...
Publisher: The Boydell Press, Rochesterr
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: good
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