{"product_id":"scribes-of-space-place-in-middle-english-literature-and-late-medieval-science-9781501734045","title":"Scribes of Space: Place in Middle English Literature and Late Medieval Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScribes of Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e posits that the conception of space--the everyday physical areas we perceive and through which we move--underwent critical transformations between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries\u003c\/b\u003e. Matthew Boyd Goldie examines how natural philosophers, theologians, poets, and other thinkers in late medieval Britain altered the ideas about geographical space they inherited from the ancient world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn tracing the causes and nature of these developments, and how geographical space was consequently understood, Goldie focuses on the intersection of medieval science, theology, and literature, deftly bringing a wide range of writings--scientific works by Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, the Merton School of Oxford Calculators, and Thomas Bradwardine; spiritual, poetic, and travel writings by John Lydgate, Robert Henryson, Margery Kempe, the Mandeville author, and Geoffrey Chaucer--into conversation. This pairing of physics and literature uncovers how the understanding of spatial boundaries, locality, elevation, motion, and proximity shifted across time, signaling the emergence of a new spatial imagination during this era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Boyd Goldie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501734045","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175678468233,"sku":"9781501734045","price":63.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9c1d9a89-d395-48a2-9e04-6ef1c436c58a.jpg?v=1768891819","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/scribes-of-space-place-in-middle-english-literature-and-late-medieval-science-9781501734045","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}