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In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, Julio Samsó studies the history of medieval astronomy in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), the Maghrib and the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. He proves that the Arabic, Latin, Hebrew, Castilian and Catalan sources belong to the same tradition whose origin can be dated in the 11th century due to the changes in Ptolemy's astronomical theory introduced by the Toledan astronomer Ibn al-Zarqālluh/Azarquiel. The book also analyses the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to Europe and justifies the fact that Eastern Islamic works published after ca. 950 CE were not accessible to medieval European scholars because they had not reached al-Andalus.

Astronomy, Medieval --- Astronomy --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- History. --- Medieval astronomy --- Astronomie médiévale

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Astronomy --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- Islam and science. --- Time (Islamic law). --- History.

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"The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri is the story of a journey across the Universe as it was known in the Middle Ages, a work of science fiction ante litteram. Dante had an encyclopedic mind, no doubt, and his poem is the most widely read book after the Bible. He was a master of the astronomical knowledge of his time, and used astronomy in his work to indicate places, to measure time, and to exemplify beauty. Indeed, in the Convivio, he wrote that science is "the ultimate perfection of our soul" and "astronomy - more than any other science - is noble and high for a noble and high subject." We propose a reading of the Divine Comedy through astronomy with a journey starting from the Earth, proceeding to the Moon, the planets, and to the outermost edges of the Universe. The way in which Dante connects ancient astronomy with modern conceptions of the cosmos will astonish readers more than 700 years later.

Astronomy, Medieval. --- Astronomy, Medieval, in literature. --- Cosmography in literature. --- Astronomie médiévale --- Cosmographie --- Dans la littérature --- Dante Alighieri, --- Dante Alighieri --- Knowledge and learning.

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Philosophical anthropology --- Christian dogmatics --- Astrology --- Medicine, Medieval --- Medieval medicine --- Horoscopy --- Astronomy, Medieval --- Occultism

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Anglo-Saxons --- Botany, Medical. --- Learning and scholarship --- Botany --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- Medicine.