Emmanuel Poulle
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
320
1996
In the first set of articles collected here Professor Poulle is concerned with a number of the astronomical tables of the Western Middle Ages. These he would categorise as those produced before the Alfonsine tables - which he would argue have in fact nothing to do with Alfonso X of Castile they lead on to a consideration of the importance of astronomy in medieval cultural life. One instance of this is the appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages of a new appreciation of time manifested clearly in a concern for dating for instance dates of birth. Astrology is also dealt with in several studies. The final section presents a group of five studies on the history of astronomy in the period from the 10th to the 16th century.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
320
1996
In the first set of articles collected here Professor Poulle is concerned with a number of the astronomical tables of the Western Middle Ages. These he would categorise as those produced before the Alfonsine tables - which he would argue have in fact nothing to do with Alfonso X of Castile they lead on to a consideration of the importance of astronomy in medieval cultural life. One instance of this is the appearance towards the end of the Middle Ages of a new appreciation of time manifested clearly in a concern for dating for instance dates of birth. Astrology is also dealt with in several studies. The final section presents a group of five studies on the history of astronomy in the period from the 10th to the 16th century.