The Light Ages shows medieval science in exactly this way, from the vast and the abstract (the movement of the heavens the nature of free will and destiny) to the practical and everyday (the patterns of the tides the invention of spectacles). Understanding the night sky meant being a step closer to understanding God, but it also meant that the seasons could be known and that there would be food on the table. The Light Ages The Surprising Story of Medieval Science Hardcover 17 November 2020 by Seb Falk (Author) 452 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 40.59 1 Used from 22.33 11 New from 30.14 Paperback 24.99 16 New from 23. The ability to track the stars was fundamental to the rhythms and routines of daily life in the Middle Ages. But – ‘note this carefully’, he cautioned in his book – in order to see that window, he had to step back a little towards the juniper bush on the path leading to the well. On the feast of St Vincent, he had to watch for the scales of Virgo to appear over a certain window. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. On Christmas Day, he had to ring the bells when Gemini was above the dormitory and Orion above the chapel. The Light Ages The Surprising Story of Medieval Science. He could tell the time by the movement of the stars, which he recorded in a small notebook. His job was to ring the monastery bells at set hours through the night. In central France in the 11th century, a young monk looked up at the dark sky.
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