Computus and its Cultural Context in the Latin West, AD 300-1200 English; German; French: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the ... Ireland and Europe, Galway, 14-16 July, 2006 - Couverture souple

Ó Cróinín, D.

 
9782503533179: Computus and its Cultural Context in the Latin West, AD 300-1200 English; German; French: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the ... Ireland and Europe, Galway, 14-16 July, 2006
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ISBN 10 : 2503533175 ISBN 13 : 9782503533179
Editeur : Brepols, 2010

Synopsis

The scientific knowledge that Irish, English, and continental European scholars nurtured and developed during the years c. AD 500 to c. AD 1200 was assimilated, in the first place, from the wider Roman world of Late Antiquity. Time-reckoning, calendars, and the minute reckonings required to compute the date of Easter, all involved the minutiae of mathematics (incl. the original concept of 'digital calculation') and astronomical observation in a truly scientific fashion. In fact, the 'Dark Ages' were anything but dark in the fields of mathematics and astronomy. The first Science of Computus conference in Galway in 2006 highlighted the transmission of Late Antique Mathematical Knowledge in Ireland & Europe, the development of astronomy in Early Medieval Ireland & Europe and the role of the Irish in the development of computistical mathematics. The proceedings of that conference should, therefore, appeal equally to those interested in the history of science in Ireland and Europe, and in the origins of present-day mathematical and astronomical ideas.

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À propos de l?auteur

Immo Warntjes is lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Greifswald (Germany). Besides computistics, his main areas of research include the use of languages in Early Medieval Europe, succession to high offices, and Irish political history. Daibhi O Croinin lectures in history at NUI, Galway, where he is the Director of The Foundations of Irish Culture project. His research interests are Ireland, Britain and Europe during the Early Middle Ages, computistics, Medieval Latin Palaeography and Irish traditional music and song.

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Éditeur
Brepols
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
2503533175
ISBN 13 
9782503533179
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
382
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