The medieval foundations of the Christian cosmos -- Renaissance and reformation challenges to the medieval cosmos and the response of the counter-reformation -- The challenge of applied optics -- The reception of new astronomical evidence -- The challenge of infinity -- The Empyrean in the late Renaissance and the Baroque age -- The cosmos in university textbooks -- The impact of Cartesianism and Copernicanism and the end of the medieval cosmos.
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