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Autore |
Randles W. G. L. |
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Titolo |
The unmaking of the medieval Christian cosmos, 1500-1760 : from solid heavens to boundless aether / / W.G.L. Randles |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astronomy - Religious aspects - Catholic Church - History of doctrines |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 1999 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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