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The Alfonsine Tables of Toledo is for historians working in the fields of astronomy, science, the Middle Ages, Spanish and other Romance languages. It is also of interest to scholars interested in the history of Castile, in Castilian-French relations in the Middle Ages and in the history of patronage. It explores the Castilian canons of the Alfonsine Tables and offers a study of their context, language, astronomical content, and diffusion.
The Alfonsine Tables of Toledo is unique in that it: includes an edition of a crucial text in history of science; provides an explanation of astronomy as it was practiced in the Middle Ages; presents abundant material on early scientific language in Castilian; presents new material on the diffusion of Alfonsine astronomy in Europe; describes the role of royal patronage of science in a medieval context.
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Book Title: The Alfonsine Tables of Toledo
Authors: José Chabás, Bernard R. Goldstein
Series Title: Archimedes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0213-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1572-4Published: 30 September 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6404-2Published: 12 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0213-3Published: 14 March 2013
Series ISSN: 1385-0180
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0064
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 341
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, History, general, Romance Languages