Empire And Pilgrimage In Conrad And Joyce, Hardback - Agata Szczeszak-Brewer

Publisher: University Press of FloridaAuthor(s): Agata Szczeszak-BrewerNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2010Cover type: HardbackRedescopera fa...

Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Stephen...

Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew t...

Historical novel set in the twentieth century between the Wars

When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of...

When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one countr...

New approaches to this most fluid of medieval genres, considering in particular its reception and transmission.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllus...

Reducere. An assessment of how important the sea was in the development of world history from the earliest times to the present.

A new approach to the study of pilgrimage covering lesser known aspects like humour; performances along pilgrims' paths; the ephemeral nature of id...

Essays on the use, and misuse, of the Middle Ages for political aims.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 7 b/w illus.Number of pages: 2...

Examines the pursuit of orthodoxy, and its consequences for the history of Christianity.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 6 b/w illus...

Essays provide evidence for the vigour and involvement of religious orders in the years immediately prior to the reformation.Publisher: Boydell & B...

Highly acclaimed author Susan Tomes takes up various topics of perennial interest: how music awakens and even creates memories, what 'interpretatio...

This highly-illustrated volume, by bestselling author Richard Barber, shows how medieval princes proclaimed their special status through displays o...

The themes of magic and the supernatural in medieval romance are here fully explored and put into the context of thinking at the time in this first...

A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and ...

First full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.Illustrations: No

Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 6 Map...

An examination of how farming expertise could be shared and extended, over four centuries.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 2 MapsNum...

New readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity.

Demonstrates how, far from being peripheral, the stable communities of conventual religious in mainland Europe acted as important centres of religi...

The first English translation of Bizet's letters and journals from his stay in Italy, with explanatory texts from one of the leading authorities on...

An investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures.Illustrations: No

Volume 13 deals with the interaction of music and politics, considering a broad range of genres, authors, composers, and artists in Germany since t...

First major study of the representation of Minerva in the Middle Ages, giving insights into classical reception.

A redefinition of the animal's relationship to sound and language in French texts from medieval England.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): L...

Excavations chart the transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage, with the development of a significant basilica that w...

Multidisciplinary collection of essays on the relationship of infertility and the "historic" STIs--gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis--producing su...

A survey of attitudes to marriage as represented in medieval legal and literary texts.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Conor McCarthyNumbe...

First full-length study of the use and perception of deceit in medieval warfare.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): James (Person) TittertonI...

Interdisciplinary study of chapels provides a more complex and fuller picture of engagement with the Church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.

Today thousands travel to religious sites for worship, initiatory and leisure purposes. This book provides a holistic approach to the study of thes...

Follows the fascinating story of musical timekeeping, beginning in an age before the existence of external measuring devices and continuing to the ...

Essays bringing out the richness and vibrancy of pre-modern textual culture in all its variety.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 62 c...

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Federico BonaddioIllustration(s): 12 b/w illus.Number of pages: 216Collection: Icons of the Luso-Hispanic...

First full archaeological study of the urban environment of Norwich when its power was at its height.

Aspects of the turbulent rule of Richard II freshly examined.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 15 b/w illus.Number of pages: 324Publi...

This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the...

The first book devoted exclusively to the Holocaust in the North Caucasus, exploring mass killings, Jewish responses, collaboration, and memory in ...

Examining the domestic politics of imperial expansion these essays question the role of the Industrial Revolution and British imperial leadership b...

Examines the economic and spatial importance of performance arts in West Africa through a close analysis of the masquerade culture of Calabar, the ...

First comprehensive investigation of the major significance of female sinners turned saints in medieval literature.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdA...

A reassessment of the journey Germans in East and West have taken during the past two and a half decades: even today, an open-ended, unfinished jou...

Examines the life and work of Scottish cellist and antiquarian John Gunn (1766-1824) through newly discovered sources.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer L...