A plurality of algebras, 1200–1600: Algebraic Europe from Fibonacci to ClaviusFootnote¹

¹In a somewhat more detailed form, this paper was presented as a talk at the meeting ‘Mathematics Emerging: A Tribute to Jackie Stedall and Her Influence on the History of Mathematics’ held at The Queen's College, Oxford, 9–10 April, 2016. It draws from chapters 8 and 9 of Katz and Parshall (Citation2014).

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