Fourteenth-Century Chronologer and Critic of Astrology - Heinrich Selder s Treatise on Time of Lord s Annunciation, Nativity,

This volume makes available a newly discovered work by the Swabian astronomer Heinrich Selder (fl.1365-79), a hitherto overlooked figure in fourteenth-century intellectual history.

List of contents

• Preface


• Abbreviations


• Manuscript Sigla


• 1: Structure, Transmission, and Sources


• 2: Authorship


• 3: Mathematical Astronomy


• 4: Historical Chronology


• 5: The Case Against Astrology


• Editorial Conventions


• Tractatus de tempore dominice annunciationis, nativitatis et passioni


• Capitulum primum


• Capitulum secundum


• Capitulum tertium


• Treatise on the Time of the Lord's Annunciation, Nativity and Passion


• Chapter 1


• Chapter 2


• Chapter 3


• Appendix: Selder's Table of the Kings of Israel and Judah


• References

About the author

C. Philipp E. Nothaft holds a doctorate in modern history from the University of Munich. He is the author or co-author of seven books and more than sixty articles on various aspects of the history of science and time-reckoning in medieval and early modern Europe. Prior to joining Trinity College Dublin as a research fellow in 2021, he held academic positions in Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom.

Summary

This volume makes available a newly discovered work by the Swabian astronomer Heinrich Selder (fl.1365-79), a hitherto overlooked figure in fourteenth-century intellectual history.

Additional text

C. Philipp E. Nothaft's latest book is a significant scholarly achievement.

Product details

• Authors: Philipp Nothaft
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2022
• EAN: 9780192844149
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284414-9
• No. of pages: 468
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; History, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Archaeology, Religion and science, Religion & science, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE