Continuities versus discontinuities in late medieval and early modern history

 

 

 

 

 

McClellan discusses the questions concerning continuities versus discontinuities in late medieval and early modern history and the history of science. He says that: “for the present we can refer to a middle-ground interpretation of the condemnation of 1277 which sees its effect neither as wholly squelching scientific inquiry nor as launching the Scientific Revolution outright.”
According to this interpretation, what were the most important outcomings of the condemnation
of 1277 in
a) physics and
b) astronomy
Summarize his explanations and arguments.

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