Science and religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550 : from Aristotle to Copernicus / Edward Grant.

Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2004.

xxvi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-294) and index.

Introduction -- Aristotle and the beginnings of two thousand years of natural philosophy -- Science and natural philosophy in the Roman Empire -- The first six centuries of Christianity : Christian attitudes toward Greek philosophy and science -- The emergence of a new Europe after the barbarian invasions -- The medieval universities and the impact of Aristotle's natural philosophy -- The interrelations between natural philophy and theology in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries -- Relations between science and religion in the Byzantine Empire, the world of Islam, and the Latin West.