Scandalous error calendar reform and calendrical astronomy in medieval Europe

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서명/저자사항	Scandalous error : calendar reform and calendrical astronomy in medieval Europe / C. Philipp E. Nothaft.
개인저자	Nothaft, C. Philipp E., author.
발행사항	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
형태사항	xvii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN	0198799551 9780198799559 :
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-347) and index.
내용주기	The Julian calendar and the problem of the equinoxes in the early Middle Ages -- The ecclesiastical lunar calendar and its critics, 300-1100 -- Calendrical astronomy in the twelfth century -- The consolidation of a calendar-reform debate in the thirteenth century -- Astronomers and the calendar, 1290-1500 -- The papal reform project of 1344/5 and its protagonists -- Church councils and the question of Easter in the fifteenth century -- The harvest of medieval calendar reform.
요약	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.
일반주제명	Calendar reform --History. Calendar --History. Calendar Calendar reform.
분류기호(DDC)	529
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