Medieval Meteorology - Forecasting the Weather From Aristotle to the Almanac

Explores how scientifically-based weather forecasting spread and flourished in medieval Europe, from c.700-c.1600.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Re-creating meteorology in the early Middle Ages: Isidore and Bede; 2. Meteorology, weather forecasting and the early-medieval Renaissance of astronomy; 3. Exploratory encounters with the work of Arab astronomers and meteorologists; 4. Meteorology, the new science of the stars, and the rise of weather forecasting; 5. The contested rise of astro-meteorology; 6. Applying the science of astro-meteorology; 7. Astro-meteorology and mechanisation; 8. Weather forecasting and the impact of print; Conclusion.

About the author

Anne Lawrence-Mathers is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. Specializing in the history of medieval magic, she is the author of The True History of Merlin the Magician (2012) and co-author of Magic and Medieval Society (2014) with Caroline Escobar-Vargas.

Summary

The practice of weather forecasting underwent a crucial transformation in the Middle Ages. Exploring how meteorology spread and flourished from c.700-c.1600, this study reveals these dramatic changes in forecasting and how scientifically-based weather forecasting was introduced to Western Europe in the twelfth century.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Anne (University of Reading) Lawrence-Mathers, Lawrence-Mathers Anne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781108418393
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41839-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HISTORY / Europe / General, History of Science, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Meteorology & climatology, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Meteorology and climatology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE