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Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal

Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal


Title: Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
Author: Bjarnadóttir, Kristín
Date: 2010
Language: English
Scope: 22
School: Education
Series: Journal of Mathematics & Culture; 5(1)
ISSN: 1558-5336
Subject: Ethnomathematics, week-based calendar, Roman calendar, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, misseri, finger-rhyme counting method
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4865

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Bjarnadóttir , K 2010 , ' Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal ' , Journal of Mathematics & Culture , vol. 5 , no. 1 , pp. 21-42 .

Abstract:

In 930, at the close of the settlement period in Iceland, a week-based calendar was adopted. Observations of the solar cycle soon revealed errors of the calendar, which were cleverly amended. In the 12th century, the week-based misseri calendar was adjusted to the Roman calendar used by the Christian Church. It remained in common use for secular purposes until the 19th century, and detailed guides to it were written. Special occasions related to it are still celebrated.

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