Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life: Adler, Gillian, and Paul, Strohm. London: Reaktion books, 248 pp., $22.50, ISBN 9781789146790. Publication Date: April 2023.

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  • Author(s): Foroughi, Louisa (AUTHOR)
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    History: Reviews of New Books. May2024, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p33-35. 3p.
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      ALLE Thyng Hath Tyme: Time & Medieval Life (Book); HUMAN life cycle; WIDOWS; WIDOWHOOD; HISTORY education
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      LONDON (England)
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      "Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life" by Gillian Adler and Paul Strohm is a comprehensive exploration of how people in medieval Europe experienced and understood time. The authors argue that medieval individuals approached time imaginatively but recognized its importance in understanding their world and their place in it. The book covers various systems for reckoning time, including natural time, liturgical time, clock time, narrative time, and human lifecycles. It also examines the moral and theological meanings ascribed to time and includes case studies from Middle English sources. While the book primarily focuses on England and Italy and draws heavily on literary sources, it provides valuable insights into medieval concepts of time for scholars and students. [Extracted from the article]
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