Duelling With the Past: Medieval Authors and the Problem of the Christian Era C. 990-1135 (Studies in the Early Middle Ages, 21, Band 21) - Hardcover
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Verbist (faculty of arts, Leuven Catholic University) combines mathematical and medieval scholarship in this study of the attempts of eight medieval authors from 990-1135 to correct the Christian calendar. From Heriger of Lobbes (d. 1007) to Heimo of Bamberg (d. 1139) these men struggled with inconsistencies in earlier chronologic calculations. These centered on the Jewish lunar calendar, the date for Jesus' crucifixion, and the day the world was created. The eight men not only had to recompute the date from Biblical and symbolic angles, but also fight the overwhelming power of the authority of Church Fathers. In this the book is as much about the men's sense of their own individual ability as it is about the complex manner in which dating was assigned. The fact that we still adhere to a calendar based on uncertain information demonstrates how difficult it is to correct an error that has entered common belief. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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