Anioły, demony czy może człowiek? Uwagi o lataniu w średniowieczu
Angels, demons or maybe a man? Remarks on the medieval attempts to fly in the air

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to show the medieval attempts to fly in the air. It describes both the authors of theoretical works (f.e. Roger Bacon) and the most known people who tried their luck in flying with the wings attached to their backs. The author mentions also the concept of airships floating in the sky. He tries to explain what the motives of such dangerous attempts could have been. To achieve that he evokes legends – about Daedalus and Icarus, Alexander the Great, king Bladud, Gerbert of Aurillac and Albert the Great.

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