Time in the Medieval World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903153085 ISBN 13: 9781903153086

Publisher: York Medieval Press, 2001

Synopsis

A look at the competing notions of time in the middle ages, from the spiritual - death, the Last Judgement - to the practical - lawyers' calculations, clocks and calendars. By exploring some of the more important senses of time which were in circulation in the medieval world, scholars from a wide range of disciplines trace competing definitions and modes of temporality in the middle ages, explainingtheir influence upon life and culture. The issues explored include anachronism as a feature in earlier senses of time, perceptions of death and of the Last Judgement, time in literary narratives and in music, constructions of timeas used in the professions, and original work on the particular systems and technologies which were used for the keeping of time, such as clocks and calendars. Contributors: PAUL BRAND, PETER BURKE, MARY J. CARRUTHERS, DEBORAH DELIYANNIS, CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY, ROBERT MARKUS, AD PUTTER, HOWARD WILLIAMS.

About this title

About the Authors

The late W. MARK ORMROD was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of York; he published extensively on later medieval history.

Ad Putter is Professor of Medieval English at the University of Bristol, UK, co-director of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies, and Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author and editor of numerous books, with a particular interest in Medieval Romance texts and the works of the Gawain poet. He is currently leading a research project on the literary heritage of Anglo-Dutch relations.

MARY CARRUTHERS is Remarque Professor Emeritus of Literature, New York University and Quondam Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. A world-renowned scholar, she has published numerous works on medieval ideas of the mind.

Edition details

• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903153085
• ISBN 13: 9781903153086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Humphrey Chris, Ormrod W Mark