The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
by
Nancy Marie Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The medieval Catholic Church, widely considered a source of intolerance and inquisitorial fervor, was not anti-science during the Dark Ages-in fact, the pope in the year 1000 was the leading mathematician and astronomer of his day. Called The Scientist Pope,” Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant...