Mikołaj z Tuchowa Zapomniany astronom i lekarz z XV wieku oraz jego europejskie peregrynacje Cover Image

Mikołaj z Tuchowa Zapomniany astronom i lekarz z XV wieku oraz jego europejskie peregrynacje
Mikołaj z Tuchowa Zapomniany astronom i lekarz z XV wieku oraz jego europejskie peregrynacje

Author(s): Stanisław A. Sroka
Subject(s): Middle Ages
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: astronomy on the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century; Mikołaj of Tuchów; medicien in the Kingdom of Castile in the 15th century; medieval astronomical tables; the court of Burgundy in the second hal

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the activities of Mikołaj of Tuchów, a forgotten astronomer and physician of the 15th century, who made a career in Western Europe. After university studies in Cracow and Paris, he took over the chair of astronomy in Salamanca, and afterwards was an astronomer at the court of Dukes of Burgundy (1464-1472) and a physician (from 1476) at the court of Kings of Castile.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 86
  • Page Range: 177-185
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish