Friendship and Social Networks in Scandinavia, c. 1000-1800
J. Sigurðsson, T. Småberg (eds.)
This book discusses the impact of various social networks on Scandinavian society from a longue durée perspective, from the Viking Age to the nineteenth century.
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Computus and its Cultural Context in the Latin West, AD 300-1200
I. Warntjes, D. Ó Cróinín (eds.)
Time-reckoning, calendars, and the minute reckonings required to compute the date of Easter, all involved the minutiae of mathematics (incl. the original concept of ‘digital calculation’) and astronomical observation in a truly scientific fashion. In fact, the ‘Dark Ages’ were anything but dark in the fields of mathematics and astronomy.
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La silve. Histoire d'une écriture libérée en Europe, de l'Antiquité au XVIIIe siècle
P. Galand, S. Laigneau-Fontaine (éd.)
Les "silves", recueils de poèmes (pseudo) autobiographiques à la manière de Stace, qui se répandent en Europe à la Renaissance, tâchent d'embrasser la variété du monde humain. Le présent volume essaie de rendre compte, de ce phénomène protéiforme, commun à toute l'Europe du début des temps modernes.
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