Paradise Restored by Elspeth Whitney
This is a print on demand ed. Since the Renaissance, historians, philosophers, and others have judged the positive and negative contributions of the Middle Ages (MA) to the development of Western civilization. These writers have assessed the extent to which medieval culture and institutions may have either hindered or fostered scientific and technological progress. Contents of this study: (1) Introduction: The History of the Problem; (2) Liberal and Illiberal Arts: The Classification of Technical Arts in Antiquity; (3) Crafts, Philosophy, and the Liberal Arts in the Early MA; (4) Paradise Restored: Hugh of St. Victor and the Mechanical Arts in the 12th & 13th Cent.; (5) The Mechanical Arts and the Aristotelian Tradition; and (6) Conclusion.-
Lunar Calendars of the Pre-Columbian Maya
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Excavations at Chupicuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Wittich Connection
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On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison
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Franks, Burgundians, and Aquitanians and the Royal Coronation Ceremony in France
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Indoeuropean Classification
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Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception
Whitney, Elspeth: - ELSPETH WHITNEY is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of Paradise Restored: The Mechanical Arts from Antiquity through the 13th Century (1990), and she has published articles in Annals of Scolarship, Medieval Latin Studies, Journal of Women's History, and Women in Medieval Culture.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781422374191 |
| ISBN 10 | 142237419X |
| Title | Paradise Restored |
| Author | Elspeth Whitney |
| Series | Transactions Of The American Philosophical Society |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Philosophical Society Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 169 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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