Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages - Updated Edition, Paperback - David Nirenberg

Reducere. DescriptionIn the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to e...

This revised and expanded edition surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. Examining its relationship with religion, science,...

Proposing that people lived (and live) in "emotional communities"--each having its own particular norms of emotional valuation and expression--Barb...

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Middle Eastern Christians are often portrayed as a homogeneous, helpless group ever at the mercy of their Muslim enemies, a situation that only Wes...

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Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central positi...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures--...

An account of one of history's darkest tendencies, following the development of anti-Judaism across three millennia.

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

A thoughtful analysis of John Mellencamp's numerous contributions to American popular culture.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s):...

DescriptionParis in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from th...

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DescriptionIn popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and ...

The medieval kitchen revealed; facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory.

Reducere. About the AuthorEtienne Gilson was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.

Reducere. Arguing about sports is as old as the games people play. Over the years sports debates have become muddled by many myths that do not match the numb...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures-a...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures-a...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 36 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Reducere. The intrepid Blinkerton children grapple with many adventures when they travel back in time to the Middle Ages. Their guide book from the Good Time...

Reducere. This volume traces the development astrology from the 5th through 15th centuries, highlighted by interpretations from a variety of literary sources...

From wool and leather to silks, spices and gems, a fascinating journey through early international trade.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): H...

Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, David A. Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp rel...

Reducere. In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only beg...

An engrossing exploration of the sex lives of ordinary medieval people.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Katherine HarveyIllustration(s): 17 illu...

The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions--thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative...

This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnic...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 83 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Features essays that apply the method to the broader question of differences between regular canons and monks and the narrower question of differen...

The Intolerant Middle Ages is a collection of primary sources on the history of persecution. The goal of the book is to highlight instances of pers...

The De Re Militari of Vegetius: The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages - Christopher Allmand

"Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." -Washington Post Book World The A...

Reducere. The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent American history. But while the famous question, "Are y...

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DescriptionCastration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding hare...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 234 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...