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Scandalous Error: Calendar Reform and Calendrical Astronomy in Medieval Europe Nothaft, C. Philipp E. (Post-doctoral research fellow, Post-doctoral research fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)
Scandalous Error: Calendar Reform and Calendrical Astronomy in Medieval Europe
Nothaft, C. Philipp E. (Post-doctoral research fellow, Post-doctoral research fellow, All Souls College, Oxford)
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.
384 pages, 30 black and white images
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 22, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198799559 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 378 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 165 × 30 mm · 731 g |
| Language | English |