Part 1. Ancient Theories of Space and the Cosmos: Competing Representations of the World.- Chapter 1. Problems in Aristotle's Theory of Place and Its Reception in Later Antiquity (Keimpe Algra).- Chapter 2. Beyond Infinity: Epicurus' Ulterior Motives for Postulating Infinite Space (Frederik Bakker).- Chapter 3. Space and Metaspace. Simplicius' Theory of Topos (Christoph Helmig).- Part 2. Rethinking Space in a Finite Cosmos: The Medieval Period.- Chapter 5. Space, Imagination and Numbers. An Inquiry into Pythagorean Conceptions of Space in the Middle Ages (Aure lien Robert).- Chapter 6. Space and Movement in Medieval Thought: the Angelological Shift (Tiziana Suarez-Nani).- Chapter 7. Mathematical and Metaphysical Space in the Early Fourteenth Century (William Duba).- Part 3. Early Modern Developments in Cosmology and their Impact on the Concept of Space.- Chapter 8. Giordano Bruno's Concept of Space: Cosmological and Theological Aspects (Miguel Angel Granada).- Chapter 9. Libert Froidmont's Conception of Space in Three Early Works: Peregrinatio coelestis (1616), De cometa (1618), Meteorologica (1627) (Isabelle Pantin).- Chapter 10. Questioning Fludd, Kepler and Galileo: Mersenne's Harmonious Universe (Natacha Fabbri).- Part 4. Continuity and Innovation in Conceptions of Space and the Cosmos in the late 16th and 17th Century.- Chapter 11. Francisco Suárez and Francesco Patrizi: Metaphysical Investigations on Place and Space (Olivier Ribordy).- Chapter 12. Imaginary Spaces and Cosmological Issues in Gassendi's Philosophy (Delphine Bellis).- Chapter 13. Space, Imagination and the Cosmos in the Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence (Carla Rita Palmerino).- ukryj opis