Show Notes
This week, we're getting in our medieval spaceship and travelling through the medieval cosmos to find out just what medieval people thought about all of that space. We'll discuss some correct ideas they had, plenty of incorrect ones, and also how to use medieval astrology to make sure your medieval horse is in peak physical condition.
For more on some of what we discuss, check out: The Stars and Human Sexuality: Some Medieval Scientific Views by Helen Lemay https://www.jstor.org/stable/230317 Robert Grosseteste on Light, Truth and "Experimentum" by Simon Oliver https://www.jstor.org/stable/41963724 Foretelling the Future: Arabic Astrology and English Medicine in the Late Twelfth Century by Roger French https://www.jstor.org/stable/235980
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