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I know it was important, but not sure that‘s how I‘d want to go down in history!

The relationship between faith and the study of nature was-and remains-a complex one…. Disputed ideas have occasionally caused conflict, of course. But to imagine ‘science‘ and ‘religion‘ as two separate, inevitably antagonistic opponents, or to suggest that such closed-mindedness as does exist has always been on the side of religion, is far too simplistic. The Middle Ages were much more than battles and black boils.

“Derek Price, they said, was ‘not socially house-trained‘.” #firstlinefridays
So excited to dive into this one!

A good read about some of the various scientific explorations and level of knowledge during the middle ages. Despite being called the dark ages there was a surprisingly good amount of science done, though not quite with the same level of methodology introduced during the enlightenment period. Good context read for some of my other medieval studies.

#history #science