On the edge of eternity : the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern Europe /
Dal Prete, Ivano,
On the edge of eternity : the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern Europe / Ivano Dal Prete. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was 'discovered' during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe, even in popular works intended for a large public, and that it was common to deny any geological role to the biblical flood.
Specialized.
9780190678920 No price
Geological time.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--To 1500.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--16th century.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--17th century.
Science.
Earth sciences.
Earth (Planet)--Age.
QE508
551.7010940902
On the edge of eternity : the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern Europe / Ivano Dal Prete. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was 'discovered' during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe, even in popular works intended for a large public, and that it was common to deny any geological role to the biblical flood.
Specialized.
9780190678920 No price
Geological time.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--To 1500.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--16th century.
Earth sciences--History--Europe--17th century.
Science.
Earth sciences.
Earth (Planet)--Age.
QE508
551.7010940902