Astronomy in the Odyssey
I’m heading to Pennsic in a few hours and am happy I was able to get this finished before heading out.
If you’re going to be at Pennsic, make sure to attend some of the classes I’ll be teaching! While the content is generally the same as the YouTube videos, I’ll be bringing along actual period books relevant to many of them that attendees can examine.
Understanding Ptolemy’s Almagest – Book VI
The New Astronomy: Brahe & Kepler in Prague
Chaucer’s Use of Astronomy in the Canterbury Tales
This video is an adaptation of one of my more recent SCA classes. It was prepared for a Canterbury Tales themed event last September, but I’d held off on converting it into a video, because I thought it would be appropriate to release the video on April 18th: The date of the pilgrimage Chaucer gives. Unfortunately, a bunch of real life got in the way…
Astronomy in Germany
Last month, I visited Germany for a conference on medieval Islamic astrolabes. Unfortunately, that was not particularly suitable for a video on my channel (as it was too deep in the weeds). But, if I was already heading across an ocean, I decided to take some additional time to visit some of Germany’s other astronomical locations.
Astronomy & Power
Understanding Ptolemy’s Almagest: Book V
How I Spent My Italian Vacation
Sicily’s Golden Age of Astronomy
My second video from my trip to Italy.