The Reform of the Calendar
Author | : Alexander Philip |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Bahai calendar |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Alexander Philip |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Bahai calendar |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Calendar |
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Author | : League of Nations. Special Committee of Enquiry into Reform of the Calendar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Calendar |
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Author | : C. Philipp E. Nothaft |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198799551 |
The Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, which provided the basis for the civil and Western ecclesiastical calendars still in use today, has often been seen as a triumph of early modern scientific culture or an expression of papal ambition in the wake of the Counter-Reformation. Much less attention has been paid to reform's intellectual roots in the European Middle Ages, when the reckoning of time by means of calendrical cycles was a topic of central importance to learned culture, as impressively documented by the survival of relevant texts and tables in thousands of manuscripts copied before 1500. For centuries prior to the Gregorian reform, astronomers, mathematicians, theologians, and even Church councils had been debating the necessity of improving or emending the existing ecclesiastical calendar, which throughout the Middle Ages kept losing touch with the astronomical phenomena at an alarming pace. Scandalous Error is the first comprehensive study of the medieval literature devoted to the calendar problem and its cultural and scientific contexts. It examines how the importance of ordering liturgical time by means of a calendar that comprised both solar and lunar components posed a technical-astronomical problem to medieval society and details the often sophisticated ways in which computists and churchmen reacted to this challenge. By drawing attention to the numerous connecting paths that existed between calendars and mathematical astronomy between the Fall of Rome and the end of the fifteenth century, the volume offers substantial new insights on the place of exact science in medieval culture.
Author | : Robert Poole |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781857286229 |
Time's alteration provides a succinct and accessible account of the history and problems of the Western calendar, including original studies of important but neglected works by John Dee. Isaac Newton and John Wallis. Dr. Poole's analysis of William Hogarth's famous print of the calendar rioters, An election entertainment, makes a valuable contribution to Hogarth studies while his account of the working of the 1752 calendar reform will become the standard reference point for anyone working with dates and records in the eighteenth century.
Author | : World Calendar Association, Inc., New York |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Calendar reform |
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Author | : World Calendar Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1935 |
Genre | : Calendar reform |
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Author | : Abner Shimony |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1997-10-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387949356 |
The story of how an eleven-year old boy growing up in 16th century Italy loses his birthday when the Gregorian calendar replaces the Julian calendar in 1582, and how he fights to prevent this loss. The author cleverly weaves elements of the cultural and scientific milieu of the time into an engaging and intelligent tale. Tibaldos father is a medical assistant, and his sister is a midwife. Thus, the boy grows up learning about current medical practices and his fascination for medicine makes him a fast learner. Then, when Tibaldo learns that he is about to lose his 13th birthday, he determines to do something about it. The result is both amusing and informative.
Author | : League of Nations. Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit. Special Committee of Enquiry into Reform of the Calendar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : World Calendar Association, Inc., New York |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1938 |
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