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Time, Astronomy, and Calendars
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Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Benno van Dalen, Gad Freudenthal, Tony Grafton, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Bernard R. Goldstein, Alexander Jones, Daryn Lehoux, Jörg Rüpke, Julio Samsó, Shlomo Sela, John Steele
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José Chabás, University Pompeu Fabra and Bernard R. Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh
This is a survey of the numerous astronomical tables compiled in the late Middle Ages, which represent a major intellectual enterprise. Such tables were often the best way available at the time for transmitting precise information to the reader.
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C. Philipp E. Nothaft
Drawing on computistical and astronomical sources from late antiquity to the Renaissance, this book demonstrates how pre-modern Christian attempts to determine the principal dates of the life of Jesus played an essential role in the development of historical chronology.
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