Arithmetic and Chaucer

Author / Editor
North, John

Title
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.