Writing, Wreading, and Wrestling with Words

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Medieval Measurement: Time

Medieval Measurement: Time

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Susanne Dunlap
Aug 07, 2021
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I pride myself on doing my research thoroughly and efficiently—as my course, Rein in Your Research attests. Yet the one topic I always have to investigate again and again when I write novels set before the 17th century concerns measurement. Many of the units and types of measurement we take for granted weren't in common use before then, if they existed …

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