How a Medieval Troubadour Became a Mathematical Figure
Lyric poetry of the Middle Ages may seem far removed from subgroups of the symmetric group or primitive roots of finite fields. However, one piece of medieval poetry has led to work in these mathematical disciplines, namely a sestina written in the Romance language of Old Occitan by a troubadour named Arnaut Daniel
Of Our Own Nation: John Wallis’s Account of Mathematical Learning in Medieval England
In A treatise of algebra both historical and practical, John Wallis wrote the first survey of the state of mathematical learning in medieval England, and discussed with particular care the arrival and significance of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system
Mathematics at Chartres Cathedral
The present cathedral was built over a thirty year period, begun in 1194, almost immediately after a devastating fire destroyed most of the previous building.