The ordering of time : from the ancient computus to the modern computer /
Borst, Arno,
The ordering of time : from the ancient computus to the modern computer / Arno Borst ; translated from the German by Andrew Winnard. - ix, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-161) and index.
1. The Medieval Calendar and European History -- 2. Divine, Human and Natural Time in Greek Antiquity -- 3. Universal Time and Salvation History in Roman Antiquity -- 4. Easter Cycle and Canonical Hours in the Early Middle Ages -- 5. World Eras and Days of Human Life in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries -- 6. The Church Bell and Work Time in the Ninth Century -- 7. Perception of the Moment of Respite in the High Middle Ages -- 8. Giving and Using Time in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- 9. Divided and Appointed Times in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- 10. The Confusion and Management of Calendars in the Late Middle Ages -- 11. Mechanical Clocks and Rhythmic Differences in the Fourteenth Century -- 12. The Universal Machine and Chronology in the Early Modern Period -- 13. Chronometry and Industrialization in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 14. Computers and Atomic Time in the Twentieth Century -- 15. Calculable and Allotted Time.
0226066584 9780226066585 0226066592 9780226066592
93027993
Calendar--History.--Europe
Calendars--History.--Europe
Europe-general Computus Winnard, Andrew [Translator] Time
529.7
The ordering of time : from the ancient computus to the modern computer / Arno Borst ; translated from the German by Andrew Winnard. - ix, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-161) and index.
1. The Medieval Calendar and European History -- 2. Divine, Human and Natural Time in Greek Antiquity -- 3. Universal Time and Salvation History in Roman Antiquity -- 4. Easter Cycle and Canonical Hours in the Early Middle Ages -- 5. World Eras and Days of Human Life in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries -- 6. The Church Bell and Work Time in the Ninth Century -- 7. Perception of the Moment of Respite in the High Middle Ages -- 8. Giving and Using Time in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries -- 9. Divided and Appointed Times in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- 10. The Confusion and Management of Calendars in the Late Middle Ages -- 11. Mechanical Clocks and Rhythmic Differences in the Fourteenth Century -- 12. The Universal Machine and Chronology in the Early Modern Period -- 13. Chronometry and Industrialization in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 14. Computers and Atomic Time in the Twentieth Century -- 15. Calculable and Allotted Time.
0226066584 9780226066585 0226066592 9780226066592
93027993
Calendar--History.--Europe
Calendars--History.--Europe
Europe-general Computus Winnard, Andrew [Translator] Time
529.7