Bøger af Julio Samso

In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó shows that astronomical sources, written in al-Andalus, the Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula, belong to the same tradition and emphasizes the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to medieval Europe.

Contains papers which deal with the development of astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib between the 10th and the 19th centuries. This book provides a survey of the social history of the exact sciences in al-Andalus, and looks at astronomical tables.

This collection of articles is concerned with the cultural aspects, such as language, intellect and art, theology and mysticism, history and geography, literature and science of al-Andalus.