Time in the Medieval World

Author / Editor
Humphrey, Chris, and W. M. Ormrod, eds.

Title
Time in the Medieval World

Published
Suffolk : York Medieval Press, 2001.

Physical Description
viii, 176 pp.

Description
An introduction and eight essays explore various senses of time in the medieval world, assessing their influence upon life and culture. Topics include anachronism as a feature in earlier senses of time, perceptions of death and the Last Judgment, time in literary narratives, constructions of time in the professions, and clocks and calendars. For an essay that pertains to Chaucer, search for Time in the Medieval World under Alternative Title.

Contributor
Ormrod, W .M., ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.