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Talks // Coming up // Cafe Sci: A Medieval Man of Science
Cafe Sci: A Medieval Man of Science
May's talk is a little unusual, even by Cafe Sci standards. This account of the extra-ordinary life and times of John of Trevisa, one of the most intriguing figures in Cornwall's history, is almost a detective story.
Sifting fact, fiction and faction, Robin will be outlining what is known, and what can only be glimpsed, of the life of the third most frequently cited source for the first evidence of a word, and the founder of much of the the vocabulary of science, in English.
Starting from this one undisputed fact, Robin will be exploring the evidence that Trevisa was one of the team first translating the Bible into English, with John Wycliffe; and what this may tell us about dispute and dissent, in a time two centuries before the scientific revolution.
No booking required - and £1 Poly Fund payable on your way in - do join us for this fascinating discussion.
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