Article ID: CBB129034551

Iberian Approaches to Astronomy During the Sixteenth Century (2018)

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The aim of this work is to describe different kinds of astronomical and astrological works written in the sixteenth century, with special emphasis on Portuguese and Spanish texts. This period is especially relevant in the development of astronomical culture in Portugal and Spain, since this was the age of the great overseas explorations, when astronomical navigation became of fundamental importance. The astronomical culture of that time involved ancient and new concepts, and old revisited narratives about the cosmos and its influence in many facets of the sublunary world. The present research describes the influence and transformation of the classical and medieval astronomical culture in the specific context of sixteenth century Iberian texts. There were different publics involved in the production and study of those works, such as navigators, priests, physicians, farmers, astrologers and scholars. Those different aspects of astronomical and astrological knowledge were not distinct, there was a significant overlap between them; and the educated public required some broad acquaintance with those several approaches. Some popular treatises, called Chronographia, or Reportorio dos tempos, provided astronomical and astrological information required by the general public. This overview of those sources can contribute to a better and more comprehensive understanding of the astronomical culture in that period.

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Authors & Contributors
Boner, Patrick J.
Orozco-Echeverri, Sergio H.
Molina-Betancur, Sebastián
Leitão, Henrique
Zanetti, Cristiano
Bienias, Barbara
Concepts
Astronomy
Manuscripts
Development of science; change in science
Knowledge circulation
Science and culture
Cosmology
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Renaissance
Early modern
Medieval
15th century
Places
Spain
Portugal
Europe
Atlantic world
New Granada (Spanish colony)
Atlantic Ocean
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