Reversals of War: Alcuin and Charlemagne's Retrograde Thoughts on Retrograde Motion

The apparent retrograde motion of the planets was a puzzle for astronomers from the ancient world to the final establishment of heliocentric cosmology in the early modern period, but enjoyed an especially rich discussion in the Carolingian Renaissance. We explore the first stirrings of an eighth-cen...

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Main Authors: Tom McLeish, Mary Garrison
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Milan 2021-12-01
Series:Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/14210