The Spatial Reformation offers a sweeping history of the way Europeans conceived of three-dimensional space, between 1350 and 1850, and calls for a deliberate reconsideration not only of what constitutes the intellectual foundation of the early modern era but also of its temporal range.

"An enormously ambitious and original book that is sure to provoke enthusiasm and outrage, favor and critique. The scale of synthesis The Spatial Reformation presents, the depth of research and documentation, is worthy of the highest respect. Michael J. Sauter has written one of the most significant revisions in the history of Western thought that I have encountered in a very long career."—John Zammito, Rice University