Scandalous error calendar reform and calendrical astronomy in medieval Europe / C. Philipp E. Nothaft.
| Author/creator | Nothaft, C. Philipp E. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018. |
| Description | xvii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Julian calendar and the problem of the equinoxes in the early Middle Ages -- The ecclesiastical lunar calendar and its critics, 300-1100 -- Calendrical astronomy in the twelfth century -- The consolidation of a calendar-reform debate in the thirteenth century -- Astronomers and the calendar, 1290-1500 -- The papal reform project of 1344/5 and its protagonists -- Church councils and the question of Easter in the fifteenth century -- The harvest of medieval calendar reform. |
| Abstract | The first comprehensive study on the history of calendar reform and calendrical astronomy in medieval Europe, this volume draws on a range of sources over a period of more than 1600 years, from the Julian calendar of 46/45 BC to the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, to shed new light on the place of astronomy in medieval intellectual culture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-347) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: Nothaft, C. Philipp E. Scandalous error. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780192520180 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017956294 |
| ISBN | 0198799551 hardback |
| ISBN | 9780198799559 hardback |
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