Eleventh Century Astronomical Events as Recorded in Contemporary European Sources
Part of : Mediterranean archaeology & archaeometry : international journal ; Vol.6, No.3, 2006, pages 61-66
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61-66
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The eleventh century was exceptionally rich in very prominent astronomical events, such as the SN1006 (probably the brightest Supernova in historical times), the great comet of 1066, the SN 1054.These events were recorded in numerous chronicles throughout the world and in particular in Europeand need to be carefully analyzed with the appropnate instruments of the philological cnticism. Thiswork will present a certain number of sources from the European Middle Ages, that are unknown orless studied. They describe events spanning from the end of the tenth century to the end of the eleventhcentury. These texts have been selected because they are homogeneous and, in some way, representativeof a number of astronomical phenomena. They prove that medieval chroniclers can be extremelyaccurate in their descriptions.
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Middle Ages, Astronomical, Chronicles
