Technical Communication in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

M. Wendy Hennequin

Organizer Affiliation

Tennessee State Univ.

Presider Name

M. Wendy Hennequin

Paper Title 1

Teaching Mental Arithmetic in Fifteenth-Century Middle English Arithmetical Treatises

Presenter 1 Name

Christine F. Cooper-Rompato

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Utah State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Geoffrey Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe: Technical or What?

Presenter 2 Name

Jenna Mead

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Eberhard Karls Univ. Tübingen

Paper Title 3

The Fault in Their Stars: Heterodoxy and Astronomy in Filastrius of Brescia's Book of Diverse Heresies

Presenter 3 Name

David Maldonado-Rivera

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 4

As Much Written as Drawn: "Reading" Medieval Maps

Presenter 4 Name

Mary Frances Zambreno

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Elmhurst College

Start Date

13-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1345

Description

This session seeks to consider the traditions and conventions of medieval technical communication, as well as the connections between medieval and contemporary technical writing.

M. Wendy Hennequin