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The book is organised in chronological order and focuses mainly on the centuries leading up to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (our modern calendar) by the Catholic Church in 1582. Along the way, Duncan describes the ancient calendars of many cultures all over the globe, from India to Egypt to the Mayan empire. During the Middle Ages, Christian churches discouraged scientific inquiry on the theory that it was wrong to question the nature of God's creation. This severely hampered the refinement of the calendar and the advancement of many academic pursuits. By the 16th century, Europe's calendars were 11 days out of sync with the solar year, which meant Easter was being celebrated on the wrong day. An infusion of knowledge from India and the Middle East helped Europeans get back on track. Duncan profiles the many mathematicians, philosophers, and monks who made organising time their life's work. This book honours the efforts of those scholars and examines the way politics and religion influenced societal perceptions of time through the ages. --Jill Marquis, Amazon.com
“The fruitily donnish tones of Jacobi give the confident impression of a man who has understood with ease the mathematical, astronomical, theological and political complications through which the calendar was arrived at... In Ewing Duncan’s account, the developments in measuring time were central to everything, and provide a fascinating – and unifying – way of looking at world history, from the Sumerians to the Renaissance”
Sunday Times 18/10/98
“an impressive and hypnotic lecture on the history of the calendar on your wall and the watch on your wrist... Derek Jacobi is just the man to give us three hours of his time to explain.”
Ham & High 6/11/98
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