From Experience to Experiment: Longer Perspectives on Medieval Science

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham Univ.

Organizer Name

Giles E. M. Gasper

Organizer Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Presider Name

Giles E. M. Gasper

Paper Title 1

Exeter, Cathedral Library, MS 3507 and Science in Later Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 1 Name

Helen Foxhall Forbes

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Paper Title 2

Understanding "Experimentum" in Albert the Great

Presenter 2 Name

Eileen Sweeney

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Boston College

Paper Title 3

Historiographical Issues concerning the Study of Old Norse Intellectual Culture

Presenter 3 Name

Samuel Sargeant

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 8:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1045

Description

Three papers on different approaches to the history of science in the central Middle Ages, focused on the period from the 11th to the 13th centuries, from Iceland to Paris.

Giles E. M. Gasper