Ep 109 - The Medieval Universe
Added 2023-04-05 14:51:52 +0000 UTCnote: next week, we will release the 2nd of our book clubs episodes on Dante's Inferno but, due to recording schedules, it won't be posted until Friday (4/14/23) afternoon eastern time. the regular episode will also be released on Friday morning, just FYI.
in this one, Luke and Eleanor talk about how Medieval Christians viewed the cosmology and cosmogony of our universe. we discuss so many celestial spheres, how they retconned Aristotle's geocentric model to make it work with the Biblical universe, and why the Earth was the center of everything. enjoy!
attached is a map of the universe, which includes a representation of how they envisioned the spheres
