Celestial Divination and Arabic Science in Twelfth-Century England: The History of Gerbert of Aurillac’s Talking Head

The legend of Gerbert of Aurillac’s oracular head reveals significant information about contemporary medieval attitudes toward foreign knowledge from outside of the Latin Christian West, and in particular about the quadrivium, astral science, and celestial divination. In particular, William of Malme...

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Main Author: Truitt, E. R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2012
In: Journal of the history of ideas
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-222
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