Introduction: “Moral Meteorology” as comparative framework from and beyond the history of East Asia

Johannes  Preiser-Kapeller

doi:10.5209/dmae.94976

Introduction: “Moral Meteorology” as comparative framework from and beyond the history of East Asia

Johannes Preiser-Kapeller Austrian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-7404

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/dmae.94976

Keywords: Climate History, East Asia, Medieval Europe, Historical Astronomy, Global History

Abstract

The concept of “moral meteorology” has been first introduced into the study of Late Imperial China. With several example, this introduction demonstrates its applicability to earlier periods of East Asian history and beyond across the ancient and medieval word before briefly referring to the contents of the special issue devoted to this topic.

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2024-05-09

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Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes. 2024. “Introduction: ‘Moral Meteorology’ as comparative framework from and beyond the history of East Asia”. De Medio Aevo 13, nº 1:: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5209/dmae.94976