The Light Ages
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Seb Falk joined me to discuss the science in the Middle Ages, or, according to his new book, 'The Light Ages'. They gave us the first universities, the first eyeglasses and the first mechanical clocks as medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, welcome to Dance No History. |
| 0:01.3 | It's got another medieval podcast on. |
| 0:02.6 | There seems to be a flurry at the moment. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm being told off left, right, and central, |
| 0:05.2 | about using the word medieval incorrectly. |
| 0:07.0 | And let me tell you, after this last week, |
| 0:08.4 | it's never happened again. |
| 0:09.6 | This episode, we've got the wonderful Seb Falk |
| 0:11.8 | on the podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | He's a man after my own art. |
| 0:14.2 | He's written a book called The Light Ages. |
| 0:16.1 | He's rebranding the Dark Ages, guys. |
| 0:17.9 | It's now The Light Ages. |
| 0:19.1 | And actually, he's pretty convincing. |
| 0:21.3 | This is a great interview. |
| 0:22.2 | It's very interesting to hear him talk about, |
| 0:23.5 | particularly to work with Astrolaves and Astronomy. |
| 0:26.9 | And he points out that navigation, maths, |
| 0:29.0 | and astronomy were greatly advanced |
| 0:32.0 | during the period that we tend to think of as the medieval period, |
| 0:35.0 | even in the so-called Dark Ages. |
| 0:37.0 | And trust me, you'll never use those same words ever again. |
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