LEADER 04093nam 2200565 450 001 9910814929803321 005 20230415172627.0 010 $a0-271-09203-3 010 $a0-271-09204-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271092041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6829483 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6829483 035 $a(CKB)20189005300041 035 $a(OCoLC)1290014189 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99735 035 $a(DE-B1597)619115 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271092041 035 $a(OCoLC)1301548114 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920189005300041 100 $a20230415d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpiritual Calculations $eNumber and Numeracy in Late Medieval English Sermons /$fChristine Cooper-Rompato 210 1$aUniversity Park, PA :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (205 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Cooper-Rompato, Christine Spiritual Calculations University Park : Penn State University Press,c2021 9780271091624 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to Introduction -- Chapter 1: Encountering the Divine Through Number in Middle English Sermons An Overview -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: Numbers in Dives and Pauper and the Sermons of Warminster, Longleat House MS 4 Models for Spiritual Understanding and Practice -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: "Knowing Thyself " and God Through Number in Jacob's Well -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: Quantitative Reasoning in the Latin Sermons of Robert Rypon in London,British Library, MS Harley 4894 -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- index. 330 $aMedieval English sermons teem with examples of quantitative reasoning, ranging from the arithmetical to the numerological, and regularly engage with numerical concepts. Examining sermons written in Middle English and Latin, this book reveals that popular English-speaking audiences were encouraged to engage in a wide range of numerate operations in their daily religious practices.Medieval sermonists promoted numeracy as a way for audiences to appreciate divine truth. Their sermons educated audiences in a hybrid form of numerate practice?one that relied on individuals? pragmatic quantitative reasoning, which, when combined with spiritual interpretations of numbers provided by the preacher, created a deep and rich sense in which number was the best way to approach the sacred mysteries of the world as well as to learn how one could best live as a Christian. Analyzing both published and previously unpublished sermons and sermon cycles, Christine Cooper-Rompato explores the use of numbers, arithmetic, and other mathematical operations to better understand how medieval laypeople used math as a means to connect with God.Spiritual Calculations enhances our understanding of medieval sermons and sheds new light on how receptive audiences were to this sophisticated rhetorical form. It will be welcomed by scholars of Middle English literature, medieval sermon studies, religious experience, and the history of mathematics. 606 $aMathematics$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aNumeracy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aSermons, English (Middle)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSermons, Medieval$zEngland$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aMathematics$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aNumeracy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aSermons, English (Middle)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSermons, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a230 700 $aCooper-Rompato$b Christine F.$f1970-$01699758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814929803321 996 $aSpiritual Calculations$94082257 997 $aUNINA