The Scientific World of the Crown of Aragon under James I
This article seeks to provide a general overview of the cultural landscape during the reign of James I, with a particular focus on science. The post The Scientific World of the Crown of Aragon under...
View ArticleThe Calamitous Fourteenth Century in England: All Doom and Gloom?
This was a fantastic paper given at the Crown and Country in Late medieval England session at KZOO. There were only two papers but both were interesting and enjoyable. This paper delved into the...
View ArticleThe Transmission of Medieval Mathematics and the Origins of Gothic Architecture
Mathematics and art history, two seemingly separate fields, ultimately relate to and complement one another through the medium of architecture. The post The Transmission of Medieval Mathematics and the...
View ArticleLiterature, Logic and Mathematics in the Fourteenth Century
This thesis assesses the extent to which fourteenth-century Middle English poets were interested in, and influenced by, traditions of thinking about logic and mathematics. The post Literature, Logic...
View ArticleFour Medieval Manuscripts With Mathematical Games
Focuses on the medieval manuscripts of Bodleian Library, Sussex College, Gonville and Caius College that present mathematical games. How the Josephus Problem was presented in Bodleian Library...
View ArticleExperience and Meaning in the Cathedral Labyrinth Pilgrimage
A medieval design based in Sacred Geometry principles, this unicursal path through concentric circles is a metaphorical container for spiritualjourneying. The post Experience and Meaning in the...
View ArticleMedieval Math Problems
A messenger is sent to a town and advances daily by twenty miles. In how many days will another messenger, sent five days later and advancing daily by thirty miles, overtake him? The post Medieval Math...
View ArticleMathematical games in Europe around the year 1000
This paper addresses the question: which board games could Gerbert have played? There are also astronomical games. The post Mathematical games in Europe around the year 1000 appeared first on...
View ArticleMedieval Studies and STEM
Here are 15 ways that medieval studies and STEM are working together. The post Medieval Studies and STEM appeared first on Medievalists.net.
View ArticleTeaching Math in the Middle Ages
Today I would like to talk about the places mathematics and mathematical pedagogy in particular appear in the Latin writing of the medieval world. The post Teaching Math in the Middle Ages appeared...
View ArticleWhy learning numbers was so hard in medieval Europe
Most history books gloss over the introduction of numbers, but a recent article explains that 'the uptake of the new numerals was slow, problematic, and spasmodic' The post Why learning numbers was so...
View ArticleCan You Solve Alcuin’s Puzzles?
A man had to take a wolf, a goat and a bunch of cabbages across a river. The only boat he could find could only take two of them at a time. But he had been ordered to transfer all of these to the other...
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Apocalyptic Calculators of the Later Middle Ages
The purpose of my talk today is to explore why and how astrology became an accepted tool for apocalyptic calculation in the later Middle Ages.
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Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics of Hair
From Leonardo da Vinci to the Brothers Grimm our fascination with hair has endured in art and science.
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The First Zero
When did the mathematical zero begin being used? New research revealed this week by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries shows that a manuscript from India bearing the symbol was written in...
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Historians Challenge Oxford’s Claim of World’s Oldest Zero
An international group of historians of Indian mathematics challenges Oxford's findings around the age and importance of a manuscript thought to contain the oldest known zero.
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Mercantile Arithmetic in Renaissance Italy: A Translation and Study of...
This essay is a study of a Renaissance Italian manuscript which has been published under the title Arte Giamata Aresmetica (‘The Art Called Arithmetic’).
View ArticleCreative Geometries: Hooking Up Data in the Middle Ages
In this lecture I will explore the close relationships in medieval creative practices among geometric shapes and the human ability to craft original works.
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