Rhetoric and Reckoning in the Ninth Century

The 'Vademecum' of Walahfrid Strabo

By (author) Wesley M. Stevens By (author) Walahfrid Strabo

Book cover: Rhetoric and Reckoning in the Ninth Century

Extent: 408, 408 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae

Series volume number: 24

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2018)

ISBN: 9782503565538

Price: $107.00

In stock

A modest man of great accomplishments, Walahfrid was a fine poet, teacher, abbot, gardener, liturgist, and diplomat. His personal notebook reveals that he loved arithmetic and astronomy. For a decade, he tutored Carolus iunior, youngest son of Judith and Ludwig der Fromme, who became emperor Charles the Bald. On two occasions, Walahfrid found and transcribed formulae and explanations of time series, often correcting them. By identifying Walahfrid’s sources and scripts, Professor Stevens is able to trace his life and scholarship, as they relate to Carolingian politics and schools in the first half of ninth-century Europe.

  • By (author) Wesley M. Stevens
  • By (author) Walahfrid Strabo