Computus at court: Rauf de Lenham's 'Kalender' (1256) and the transmission of technical knowledge
Mills, Edward
Date: 6 July 2017
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Institute for Medieval Studies (IMS), University of Leeds
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This presentation, delivered as part of the 'Science at Court (I): Poesis' panel at the 2017 International Medieval Congress (Leeds), investigates Rauf de Lenham's 'Kalender' (1256) as a vehicle for the transmission of technical knowledge. Through a study of the knowledge, methods and attitude evident in the text, I argue that Rauf ...
This presentation, delivered as part of the 'Science at Court (I): Poesis' panel at the 2017 International Medieval Congress (Leeds), investigates Rauf de Lenham's 'Kalender' (1256) as a vehicle for the transmission of technical knowledge. Through a study of the knowledge, methods and attitude evident in the text, I argue that Rauf operated with an acute awareness of what, how and when to teach, and who understood how the science of the calendar could sit alongside life at court.
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