Arithmetic and Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- North, John
Arithmetic and Chaucer
- Published
- Giancarlo Marchetti et al., eds. Ratio et Superstitio: Essays in Honor of Graziella Federici Vescovini (Louvain-la-Neuve: Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médiévales, 2003), pp. 263-83.
- Series
- Textes et Études du Moyen Age, no 24.
- Description
- North summarizes medieval arithmetic theory and practice, describes Chaucer's professional familiarity with arithmetic, and explores arithmetic allusions and structuring in BD, particularly its shape as an abacus.
- Contributor
- Marchetti, Giancarlo, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Ratio et Superstitio: Essays in Honor of Graziella Federici Vescovini.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.