Between Astronomy and Astrology: Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe' and the Measurement of Time in Late-Medieval England
- Author / Editor
- D'Agata D'Ottavi, Stefania.
Between Astronomy and Astrology: Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe' and the Measurement of Time in Late-Medieval England
- Published
- Rachel Falconer and Denis Renevey, eds. Medieval and Early Modern Literature, Science, and Medicine. Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature, no. 28 (Tùˆbingen: Narr Verlag, 2013), pp. 49-66.
- Series
- Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature, no. 28.
- Description
- Referencing SqT and MLT, maintains that Astr was literally meant for a juvenile audience, adducing its concise language, repetition, exhaustive definitions, and liberal use of adjectival possessives as pedagogical tools fit for young readers. Posits Richard Billingham's "Speculum puerorum" as a possible model for Astr's analytical and pedagogical methodology.
- Contributor
- Falconer, Rachel, ed.
- Renevey, Denis, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval and Early Modern Literature, Science, and Medicine.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Treatise on the Astrolabe
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
- Style and Versification