Journey Through the Spheres: The Cosmos in the Middle Ages

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dc.contributor.authorGrant, Edward
dc.creatorEdward Grant
dc.date.accessioned2005-06-28T20:42:17Z
dc.date.available2005-06-28T20:42:17Z
dc.date.issued1997-03-14
dc.descriptionLecture delivered at Rice University, Houston, Texas on Friday, March 14, 1997
dc.description.abstractQuestions 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
dc.description.sponsorshipLecture sponsored by Medieval Studies and Center for the Study of Cultures; invitation from Professor Albert Van Helden
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dc.identifier.otherCollection C184
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/101
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsThis work may be protected by copyright unless otherwise stated.
dc.subjectCosmology
dc.subjectMiddle Ages
dc.subjectMedieval
dc.subjectAristotle
dc.subjectClaudius Ptolemy
dc.subjectLunar orbs
dc.subjectChristianity
dc.subjectTheology
dc.subjectEmpyrean heaven
dc.subjectFirmament
dc.subjectJohn Buridan
dc.subjectPlanets
dc.subjectC.S. Lewis
dc.titleJourney Through the Spheres: The Cosmos in the Middle Ages
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