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Medieval Robots - Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art (Paperback)
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Medieval Robots - Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art (Paperback)
Series: The Middle Ages Series
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A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of
Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts,
liturgies, and literary texts. Medieval robots took such forms as
talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians;
some served to entertain or instruct while others performed
disciplinary or surveillance functions. Variously ascribed to
artisanal genius, inexplicable cosmic forces, or demonic powers,
these marvelous fabrications raised fundamental questions about
knowledge, nature, and divine purpose in the Middle Ages. Medieval
Robots recovers the forgotten history of fantastical, aspirational,
and terrifying machines that captivated Europe in imagination and
reality between the ninth and fourteenth centuries. E. R. Truitt
traces the different forms of self-moving or self-sustaining
manufactured objects from their earliest appearances in the Latin
West through centuries of mechanical and literary invention.
Chronicled in romances and song as well as histories and
encyclopedias, medieval automata were powerful cultural objects
that probed the limits of natural philosophy, illuminated and
challenged definitions of life and death, and epitomized the
transformative and threatening potential of foreign knowledge and
culture. This original and wide-ranging study reveals the
convergence of science, technology, and imagination in medieval
culture and demonstrates the striking similarities between medieval
and modern robotic and cybernetic visions.
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