The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science.
- Author / Editor
- Falk, Seb.
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science.
- Published
- New York: Norton, 2020.
- Physical Description
- xv, 392 pp.; 56 b&w illus.; 9 color plates
- Description
- Combines a biography of Benedictine astronomer John Westwyk with contextualizing information about medieval science, technology, education, and innovation, particularly in the monastic settings of St. Albans Abbey and its Tynemouth Priory. Credits Westwyk with writing Equat and describes his contributions to Richard of Wallingford's legacy, explaining much about medieval mathematics, numerals, time-keeping, optics, mapmaking, navigation, and scientific instruments. Draws examples from CT and observes relations between Equat and Astr, characterizing Westwyk as one who “saw himself as an astronomical apprentice” to Chaucer. Originally published by Allen Lane in 2020 as The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery.
- Alternative Title
- The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Equatorie of the Planetis
Treatise on the Astrolabe
Background and General Criticism