Adelard also travelled extensively throughout the " lands of the Crusades ": Greece, West Asia, Sicily, Spain, and potentially Palestine.

Herman produced a version of Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī's astronomical tables ( zij ) – they were also translated in 1126 by Adelard of Bath ( 1075 – 1164 ).

Among Adelard of Bath's original works is a trio of dialogues, written to mimic the Platonic style, or correspondences with his nephew.

This treatise is believed to be proof that Adelard was connected to the Exchequer table that was used for monetary calculations in the medieval period.

His name ( Adelard ) is of Angle-Saxon origin, which would have placed him in the subordinate class, status wise, in 11th-century England.

While the Crusades offered little in the way of a “ victor ,” Adelard ’ s nondiscriminatory scholarly work inspired him to bring back to England many ancient texts and new questions that would later give rise to an English Renaissance.

Two of the more specific features associated with this text are ( 1 ) a preference for reason over authority in matters of science and nature ( in other words, seeking solutions via reason and logic rather than through faith ) and ( 2 ) the use of the literary device of invoking Arab teachings when presenting very controversial topics ( i. e. that brute animals may possess knowledge and souls ) Curiously, Adelard didn't think that the use of reason to seek knowledge was in anyway contradictory with Christian faith in God.

When we consider the influence that Adelard had on the study of philosophy, we see his ideas most notably manifested in the later works of Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon.

While at Canterbury he promoted the cult of Dunstan, ordering the writing of the second Life of Dunstan, which Adelard composed between 1006 and 1011.

* Adelard of Bath translates Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī's arithmetic and astronomical tables into Latin.

The abbey is a Grade I listed building, The most renowned scholar monk based in the abbey was Adelard of Bath ; after his various travels he was back in the monastery by 1106.

The frontispiece of an Adelard of Bath Latin translation of Euclid's Elements, c. 1309 – 1316 ; the oldest surviving Latin translation of the Elements is a 12th-century translation by Adelard from an Arabic version.

Adelard of Bath ( Latin: Adelardus Bathensis ) ( c. 1080 – c. 1152 ) was a 12th-century English natural philosopher.

Given the time period when he was alive, Adelard ’ s biography is spotty in places and leaves some aspects open to interpretation.

As a result, much of what we ascribe to Adelard is a product of his own testimony.

During his studies in Tours, an anonymous " wise man of Tours " inspired Adelard with his interest in astronomy to study the science.

Adelard later taught for a time at Laon, leaving Laon for travel no later than 1109.

By 1126, Adelard returned to the West with the intention of spreading the knowledge he had gained about Arab astronomy and geometry to the Latin world.

One aspect of particular interest with respect to Adelard, his teachings, and the time period he grew up, was the relation to the Crusades.

Again, given the 11th-century time period that Adelard was alive, it was understandably difficult for Adelard to have achieved his educational pursuits.

Fittingly, Adelard studied with monks at the Benedictine Monastery at Bath's Cathedral.

It can be dated between 1107 and 1133 as, in the text, Adelard himself mentions that seven years have passed since his lecturing in schools at Laon.

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