On the edge of eternity: the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern europe
Auteur :
Dal Prete, Ivano
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190678890
Date de publication :
14 nov. 2022
Dimensions :
16,4 x 24,1 x 3,2 cm
Poids :
644 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.