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Iberian Approaches to Astronomy During the Sixteenth Century (2018)

Walmir Thomazi Cardoso (Author)
Martins, Roberto de Andrade (Author)

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
Volume: 18
Issue: 4
Pages: 265-271
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

URI: https://zenodo.org/record/1477976

DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.1477976

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Manuscripts Knowledge circulation Science and culture Development of science; change in science Astronomy Portuguese (language) Spanish (language) 16th century Spain

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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