Tom Hodgkinson

Gazing heavenwards: the medieval monks who mapped the planetary motions

Far from being shrouded in superstition, the so-called Dark Ages were centuries of intense scholarly inquiry into nature’s laws, according to Seb Falk

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  • The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery

    Seb Falk

    Allen Lane, pp. 392, £20

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