Medieval Meteorology

Medieval Meteorology explores the transformation of weather forecasting in the Middle Ages, revealing the spread of scientifically-based meteorology from c.

700-c. 1600.

It studies the dramatic changes in forecasting and the development of 'astro-meteorology'.

This new science delivered weather forecasts for months and even years ahead, based on the atmospheric effects of planets and stars, mediated by local and seasonal conditions.

Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores forecast creation and the growing practice of recording actual weather.

These records supported forecasting practices and gained popularity from the fourteenth century onwards, demonstrating that the roots of scientific forecasting are much deeper than usually recognized.