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Spiritual Calculations : Number and Numeracy in Late Medieval English Sermons /
Medieval English sermons teem with examples of quantitative reasoning, ranging from the arithmetical to the numerological, and regularly engage with numerical concepts. Examining sermons written in Middle English and Latin, this book reveals that popular English-speaking audiences were encouraged to...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, PA :
Penn State University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Encountering the Divine Through Number in Middle English Sermons
- 2. Numbers in Dives and Pauper and the Sermons of Warminster, Longleat House MS 4
- 3. "Knowing Thyself " and God Through Number in Jacob's Well
- 4. Quantitative Reasoning in the Latin Sermons of Robert Rypon in London, British Library, MS Harley 4894
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Methods of Counting and Calculation in the Later Middle Ages
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index