The Cock and the Clock: Telling Time in Chaucer's Day
- Author / Editor
- Mooney, Linne R.
The Cock and the Clock: Telling Time in Chaucer's Day
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 15 (1993): 91-109.
- Description
- Chaucer's works and the works of almanac writers John Somer and Nicholas of Lynn reflect the contemporary tendency to rely on "clock time" rather than earlier forms of computing time. Mooney surveys a variety of ways of telling time, discussing complications that result from questions about when the day begins, time zones, and lengths of hours.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.