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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154979003321

Autore

Randles W. G. L.

Titolo

The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless aether / / W.G.L. Randles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-23666-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

261.5/5

Soggetti

Astronomy - Religious aspects - Catholic Church - History of doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1999 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The medieval foundations of the Christian cosmos -- 2. Renaissance and Reformation challenges to the medieval cosmos and the response of the Counter-Reformation -- 3. The challenge of applied optics -- 4. The reception of new astronomical evidence -- 5. The challenge of infinity -- 6. The Empyrean in the late Renaissance and the Baroque age -- 7. The cosmos in university textbooks -- 8. The impact of Cartesianism and Copernicanism and the end of the medieval cosmos.