The Emergence of an Arithmetical Mentality in Middle English Literature
- Author / Editor
- Acker, Paul.
The Emergence of an Arithmetical Mentality in Middle English Literature
- Published
- Chaucer Review 28 (1994): 293-302.
- Description
- Looks for evidence that certain medieval writers were aware of the newly emerging "arithmetical mentality." Because of his work at the Customs House, Chaucer was much more aware than most writers. He knew counting boards and algorisms, the ancestor of modern arithmetic. Gower seems to have known little arithmetic, and Langland seems to have considered it "euil."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Chaucer's Life.