Not knowing the future is an intensely uncomfortable experience, which is why humans invented a clever system to predict the future through numbers, called onomancy. This week, Danièle speaks with Jo Edge about how onomancy works, who used it, and how it fit in with medieval theology.
Joanne Edge is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and works on social and cultural history in the late Middle Ages. You can follow her on BlueSky.
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Her new book is Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain: Questioning Life, Predicting Death. Click here to learn more.
Not knowing the future is an intensely uncomfortable experience, which is why humans invented a clever system to predict the future through numbers, called onomancy. This week, Danièle speaks with Jo Edge about how onomancy works, who used it, and how it fit in with medieval theology.
Joanne Edge is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and works on social and cultural history in the late Middle Ages. You can follow her on BlueSky.
Her new book is Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain: Questioning Life, Predicting Death. Click here to learn more.
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