The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages. By Nancy Marie Brown. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010. Pp. 288. $27.95.)

Autor: Constance B. Bouchard
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: The Historian. 74:144-145
ISSN: 1540-6563
0018-2370
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6563.2011.00314_40.x
Popis: Pope Sylvester II [999–1003] had a great reputation as a scholar before ascending the throne of Saint Peter. As Gerbert of Aurillac, he studied and taught astronomy and mathematics in France, Spain...
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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