A companion to Byzantine science

Author(s)

• Lazaris, Stavros

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Byzantine science

edited by Stavros Lazaris

（Brill's companions to the Byzantine world, v. 6）

Brill, c2020

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Science in Byzantium has rarely been systematically explored. A first of its kind, this collection of essays highlights the disciplines, achievements, and contexts of Byzantine science across the eleven centuries of the Byzantine empire. After an introduction on science in Byzantium and the 21st century, and a study of Christianization and the teaching of science in Byzantium, it offers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the scientific disciplines cultivated in Byzantium, from the exact to the natural sciences, medicine, polemology, and the occult sciences. The volume showcases the diversity and vivacity of the varied scientific endeavours in the Byzantine world across its long history, and aims to bring the field into broader conversations within Byzantine studies, medieval studies, and history of science. Contributors are Fabio Acerbi, Anne-Laurence Caudano, Gonzalo Andreotti Cruz, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Herve Inglebert, Stavros Lazaris, Divna Manolova, Maria K. Papathanassiou, Inmaculada Perez Martin, Thomas Salmon, Ioannis Telelis, Anne Tihon, Alain Touwaide, Arnaud Zucker.

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Stavros Lazaris 1. The Knowledge of Pagan Greeks Herve Inglebert 2. Science Teaching Inmaculada Perez Martin & Divna Manolova 3. Logistic, Arithmetic, Harmonic Theory, Geometry, Metrology, Optics and Mechanics Fabio Acerbi 4. Byzantine Theories of vision Katerina Ierodiakonou 5. Meteorology and Physics Ioannis Telelis 6. Astronomy and Astrology Anne-Laurence Caudano 7. Geography Inmaculada Perez Martin & Gonzalo Andreotti Cruz 8. Zoology Arnaud Zucker 9. Botany Alain Touwaide 10. Medicine and Pharmacology Alain Touwaide 11. Veterinary medicine Stavros Lazaris 12. Science of warfare Thomas Salmon 13. Occult Sciences Maria K. Papathanassiou Conclusion Anne Tihon General Bibliography General Index Index of Manuscripts Illustrations

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Details

• NCID: BC04749748
• ISBN:
  • 9789004414600
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 658 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q124.97
  • DC23 : 509.495/0902
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Science, Medieval -- Byzantine Empire -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB23389165