Giles E M Gasper

Biographic Data

ID1082853
NAMEGiles E M Gasper
GIVEN NAMESGiles E M
FAMILY NAMEGasper
SIGNATUREGASPER G E M
AFFILIATIONSDurham University
ORCID0000-0001-5121-3389
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • The Scientific Works of Robert Grosseteste, Vol. 2: Mapping the Universe: Robert Grosseteste’s De sphera—On the Sphere

    Robert Grosseteste, Sigbjø Olsen Sønnesyn et al.EDITORBOOKScientific Works of Grosseteste,…2023

  • Magnifying Grains of Sand, Seeds, and Blades of Grass

    Rebekah C White, Giles E M Gasper et al.ARTICLEIsis2021References: 6

    In his treatise On the Rainbow (De iride), composed nearly four hundred years before the first known telescope, the English polymath Robert Grosseteste identified three striking optical effects: distant objects can be rendered close by; close-by large objects can be rendered small; and distant small objects can be rendered large. In the context of the history of optics, the first effect is especially striking. Grosseteste did not give details of …

  • The Scientific Works of Robert Grosseteste, Vol. 1: Knowing and Speaking

    Robert Grosseteste, Tom Mcleish et al.EDITORBOOKScientific Works of Robert…2019

  • Bernard of Clairvaux, material and spiritual order, and the economy of salvation

    Giles E M GasperARTICLEJournal of Medieval History2019Cited by: 1

    This article explores themes connected to the spiritual and the material, especially in connection with order and economy, in the thought of the Cistercian abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (1090/1–1153). It argues that these themes are particularly useful to an analysis of Bernard’s articulation of the challenge of human existence in a fallen world, and the proper role of the Church, its leaders and members, in response to wider concerns for Christian …

  • Producing Christian Culture

    Giles E M Gasper, Francis Watson et al.EDITORBOOKProducing Christian Culture2017

  • Orderic Vitalis

    Charles C ca /21 Jh Rozier, Giles E M Gasper Elisabeth van Houts et al.EDITORBOOKOrderic Vitalis2016

  • Salsamenta pictavensium

    Open AccessGiles E M Gasper, Faith WallisARTICLEThe English Historical Review2016

    This article presents a collection of culinary recipes from a manuscript produced in England from the later twelfth century. The suite of ten recipes for ‘Poitou sauces’ or ‘Poitou relishes’ (salsamenta pictavensium—literally ‘of the Poitevins’) to garnish various kinds of meat, fish and fowl are introduced and analysed, with an appended edition and translation. These are, to date, the oldest extant medieval recipes for such sauces, and in their …

  • Money and its use in the thought and experience of Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury (1093–1109)

    Giles E M Gasper, Svein H GullbekkARTICLEJournal of Medieval History2012

    This article explores aspects of a broader question: what money meant to the inhabitants of north-western Europe in the late eleventh and early twelfth century, evidence for its use, and how it was conceptualised and discussed. The existence of money is well attested in the archaeological record. A monestised economy, central to the working of royal and comital courts, as well as mercantile, urban and rural communities, is also well documented in…

  • A doctor in the house’? The context for Anselm of Canterbury’s interest in medicine with reference to a probable case of malaria

    Giles E M Gasper, Giles GasperARTICLEJournal of Medieval History2004Cited by: 1

    This paper discusses the nature of Anselm of Canterbury’s interest in medicine, an interest that has been noticed in passing before but never properly explored. The evidence comes mainly from the 1070s and 1080s when he was prior of the abbey of Bec in Normandy. His interest consistently arose from the duties and responsibilities of community life. It is in part a textual interest revealed by requests for medical books from Canterbury. It is also…