![]() ![]() ![]() He discusses what the remarkable life and (perhaps) ordinary achievements of John Westwyk tell us about the place of precise planetary astronomy within monastic life, and within medieval culture more generally. As The Light Ages by the Cambridge historian Seb Falk shows, the Middle Ages were actually the times of learning and indeed of science (science as profession is a very modern concept anyway). : The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery (9780141989679) by Falk, Seb and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The Light Ages is an attempt to write a history of science in the later Middle Ages which focuses on everyday practices of calculation, demonstration, teaching, learning and instrument use.įalk's talk will examine what we can know about the astronomical skills of a poorly-recorded monk in fourteenth-century England. The Light Agesįalk talks about his book The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery, published in Dutch as De verlichte middeleeuwen. Histories of medieval sciences, especially those written for non-academic audiences, have often focused on big ideas and famous names. ![]() Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the. ![]() This time the lecture will be given by Dr Seb Falk (University of Cambridge). Buy a cheap copy of The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of. On 26 November, the next (online) edition of the lecture series of the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies will take place. ![]()
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