Unlike otherRoman numerals, such asIXfor example, which require the subtractive principle method to be used - where a smaller number is written before a larger one and needs to be subtracted from this larger number – the Roman numeral XXI is a relatively straightforward one to convert. It is...
What is less easy to understand, however, is why it emerged as the critical moment in early modern accounts, before the modern cult of individualism and its celebration of religious conscience; for not only were reports of the episode based on very shaky foundations but there were many other ...