He
regarded it as more likely that the earth rotated than that the
stars moved with great speed in their large orbits. He proposed
that the earth spins on its own axis about once every twenty-four
hours, with a spin axis at about a 23 1/2 degree tilt from the
orbital axis, thus explaining a slow change in the overall
appearances of the fixed stars which had been observed since the
time of Ptolemy. He deduced from astronomical measurements that
the correct order of the planets from the Sun was: Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The church considered his ideas
heretical because contradictory to its dogma that man and the
earth were the center of the universe. A central sun evoked images
of pagan practices of sun worship.
- The Law -
A person having land in socage or fee simple may will and devise
his land by will or testament in writing.
A person holding land by knight's service may will and devise by
his last will and testament in writing part of his land to his
wife and other parts of his land to his children, as long as 1/3
of entailed land is left to the King.
Anyone serving the king in war may alienate his lands for the
performance of his will, and if he dies, his feoffees or executors
shall have the wardship of his heir and land.
A person who leases land for a term of years, even if by indenture
or without a writing, may have a court remedy as do tenants of
freehold for any expulsion by the lessor which is contrary to the
lease, covenant, or agreement.
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