Abstract:
Questions or issues discussed in the paper include:
WHAT IS COSMOLOGY?
Descriptions of the structure and operation of the cosmos as it is understood by scholars in any society or civilization.
THE ORIGINS OF COSMOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE
AGES BETWEEN 1200 AND 1500
WHO WERE THE COSMOLOGISTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES?
THE LITERATURE OF COSMOLOGY
THE MACROSTRUCTURE OF THE MEDIEVAL COSMOS
COSMOLOGICAL QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS AND RESPONSES IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Description:
Lecture delivered at Rice University, Houston, Texas on Friday, March 14, 1997
