{"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 • Author(s): Matthew Boyd Goldie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46458092519575,"sku":"9781501734045","price":7432.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501734045.webp?v=1769184130","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/scribes-of-space-place-in-middle-english-literature-and-late-medieval-science-9781501734045","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}