The natural and the supernatural in the Middle Ages : the Wiles lecture given at the Queen's Univers...
The natural and the supernatural in the Middle Ages : the Wiles lecture given at the Queen's Univers...
The natural and the supernatural in the Middle Ages : the Wiles lecture given at the Queen's University of Belfast, 2006 / Robert Bartlett.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N113.094/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The boundaries of the supernatural -- "The machine of this world" : ideas of the physical universe -- Dogs and dog-heads : the inhabitants of the world -- "The secrets of nature and art " : Roger Bacon's Opus maius.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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England
Date Published
2008.
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"How did people of the mediaeval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dog-headed people? This book explores the ways in which mediaeval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between th...
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The natural and the supernatural in the Middle Ages : the Wiles lecture given at the Queen's University of Belfast, 2006 / Robert Bartlett.
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The Wiles lectures.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-164) and index.
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N113.094/1
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74VMjkXO26wy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjkXO26wy
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ISBN
0521702550 (pbk.)
0521878322 (hardback)
9780521878326 (hardback)
9780521702553 (pbk.)
DDC
113.0940902
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991001194319702626
