Books by Mary Carruthers
The Book of Memory
by Mary Carruthers
This is the best study of the role that memory plays in medieval culture. We reserve the term genius for people who are creative, who are innovators, who think in ways that are entirely new. In the middle ages, the term genius was reserved for people with the best memories.
Interviews where books by Mary Carruthers were recommended
The best books on Memory, recommended by Joshua Foer
Since ancient times, human beings have devised ways to better remember, from the ‘memory palace’ of the ancient Greek poet Simonides in the 5th century BCE to the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and graphical memory devices of Giordano Bruno (1548-1600). These days, not so much. Joshua Foer, the 2006 US Memory Champion and author of the bestselling Moonwalking with Einstein, recommends five unforgettable books about the art of remembering.
