Immo Warntjes

History and Easter. the relationship between historiography and computus in early medieval Europe

Much of early medieval western historiography was originally composed in the context of Easter calculations. Annalistic records were first formulated in the margins of Easter tables, and when separated from these, the respective Easter table’s chronological apparatus was kept. The earliest textbooks on the reckoning of time concluded with a chronicle, which, in Bede’s case, was continued subsequently. This talk will trace the development of annals from Easter tables and chronicles from computistical textbooks from their insular beginnings in the 5^th and early 8^th centuries respectively to the end of the ninth.

If you are interested, please contact Leon Pürstinger for the Zoom link.