Peter Nockolds, Paul Withers. sirius.bu.edu. 2002.
Nockolds proposes distortion or propaganda as an alternative explanation for the medieval account. Withers acknowledges limited Latin and chronicle access and reports a later translation discussion. The exchange preserves competing interpretations and dependence on the same historical narrative.
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Withers tests a proposed 1178 lunar-impact date through a conditional ejecta and meteor-storm model, historical record absence and other dating arguments. The paper questions that date; its model and narrative analysis do not establish what the reported observers saw.
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