On the edge of eternity : the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern Europe /

On the Edge of Eternity overturns the paradigm of the eighteenth-century discovery of geological time, showing that the antiquity of our planet was a widespread and culturally acceptable notion in pre-1800 Europe. In this groundbreaking study, Ivano Dal Prete brings to life a long-forgotten world, i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dal Prete, Ivano (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022.
Subjects:	Creation > Biblical teaching. Creationism. Earth (Planet) > Age. Science > History. Science, Medieval. Créationnisme. Terre > Âge. Sciences > Histoire. Sciences médiévales. creationism (religious ideology) Renaissance. Religion & Science. RELIGION. History. SCIENCE. Creation > Biblical teaching Creationism Planets > Age Science Science, Medieval Earth (Planet) Earth sciences. Science. Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Half Title
On the Edge of Eternity
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Terminology
Introduction
1. Footprints in the Dust: The Eternity of the World in the Middle Ages
2. The Medieval Earth
3. Vernacular Earths, 1250-1500
4. A "Pious" History of the Earth? 1500-1650
5. The Rise of Diluvialism, 1650-1720
6. The Invention of the History of Deep Time, 1700-1770
7. Political Fossils, 1740-1800
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index