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- catalog abstract ""Known and observed by all levels of society, the sun and moon, or the "luminaries," were a continuous thread in the tapestry of late medieval and early modern English culture. Tracing this specific thread is a novel means of understanding changes in epistemological conceptions of the natural world realized in the Scientific Revolution. This book demonstrates that the luminaries were transformed from peerless bodies that radiated powerful forces into objects of scientific study, and in the case of the moon, a place to visit imaginatively with its own geography and probable inhabitants. Utilizing literary, historical, and visual evidence, Luminaries in the Natural World indicates how and why these changes in solar and lunar perceptions occurred among the scientific community from 1400 to 1680, breaking new ground with its emphasis on influences from cartography, astrology, and hermeticism. The author then turns to an analysis of the extent to which this cognitive shift occurred in larger English society, exploring conceptions of fashionable curiosity about the natural world from 1680 to 1720. esota"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12131098.
- catalog coverage "Moon.".
- catalog coverage "Sun.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Known and observed by all levels of society, the sun and moon, or the "luminaries," were a continuous thread in the tapestry of late medieval and early modern English culture. Tracing this specific thread is a novel means of understanding changes in epistemological conceptions of the natural world realized in the Scientific Revolution.".
- catalog description "1. The Sun and Moon in Early Modern England: Threads in the Tapestry -- 2. Cosmology, Astronomy, and Astrology in Late Medieval England, 1400-1543: The Intellectual Context -- 3. The Desacralization of the Sun and the Moon: 1543-1610 -- 4. The Lunar Voyage: 1638-1640 -- 5. The Debate over the Desacralization of Solar and Lunar Emanations: 1612-1680 -- 6. Perceptions of the Sun and the Moon in Works of Popularized Astronomy, 1690-1720: A Partial Desacralization -- 7. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-310) and index.".
- catalog description "The author then turns to an analysis of the extent to which this cognitive shift occurred in larger English society, exploring conceptions of fashionable curiosity about the natural world from 1680 to 1720. esota"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "This book demonstrates that the luminaries were transformed from peerless bodies that radiated powerful forces into objects of scientific study, and in the case of the moon, a place to visit imaginatively with its own geography and probable inhabitants. Utilizing literary, historical, and visual evidence, Luminaries in the Natural World indicates how and why these changes in solar and lunar perceptions occurred among the scientific community from 1400 to 1680, breaking new ground with its emphasis on influences from cartography, astrology, and hermeticism.".
- catalog extent "xii, 324 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Luminaries in the natural world.".
- catalog identifier "0820445630".
- catalog isFormatOf "Luminaries in the natural world.".
- catalog isPartOf "WPI studies ; vol. 20".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Luminaries in the natural world.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Moon.".
- catalog spatial "Sun.".
- catalog subject "520/.942 21".
- catalog subject "Astronomy England History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Astronomy, Renaissance.".
- catalog subject "QB33.G7 R64 2001".
- catalog subject "Science and civilization.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Sun and Moon in Early Modern England: Threads in the Tapestry -- 2. Cosmology, Astronomy, and Astrology in Late Medieval England, 1400-1543: The Intellectual Context -- 3. The Desacralization of the Sun and the Moon: 1543-1610 -- 4. The Lunar Voyage: 1638-1640 -- 5. The Debate over the Desacralization of Solar and Lunar Emanations: 1612-1680 -- 6. Perceptions of the Sun and the Moon in Works of Popularized Astronomy, 1690-1720: A Partial Desacralization -- 7. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Luminaries in the natural world : the sun and the moon in England, 1400-1720 / Anna Marie E. Roos.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".