书籍介绍
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.
C. Philipp E. Nothaft studied modern history, ancient history, and philosophy at the University of Munich, leaving with a PhD in modern history in 2011. He has since held positions at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, at University College London, and at the Warburg Institute (University of London). He is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. H...
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Introduction
1 The Julian Calendar and the Problem of the Equinoxes in the Early Middle Ages
2 The Ecclesiastical Lunar Calendar and Its Critics, 300–1100
3 Calendrical Astronomy in the Twelfth Century
4 The Consolidation of a Calendar-Reform Debate in the Thirteenth Century
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