Form and Foreskin. Medieval Narratives of Circumcision, Hardback - A. W. Strouse

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): A. W. StrouseNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 235 x 20Cover type: Hardback...

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In 1230, Jews in the English city of Norwich were accused of having seized and circumcised a five-year-old Christian boy named Edward because they ...

Reducere. DescriptionQUESTIONING CIRCUMCISION: A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE is the first critical examination of the growing controversy of male infant circumcision ...

Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Abelard, and Langland often overlaid personal story and sacred history to produce a distinct narrative form. The ...

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The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context along with the circumstances and processes through w...

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Reducere. The stories of the Cherokee people presented here capture in written form tales of history, myth, and legend for readers, speakers, and scholars of...

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In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the ...

A fresh and exciting reappraisal of folklore outlaw Robin Hood.

The fascinating story of how premodern Anatolia's multireligious intersection of cultures shaped its literary languages and poetic masterpiecesPubl...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Esther LeslieIllustration(s): 35 illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 166 x 243 x...

Publisher: University of Washington PressAuthor(s): Ramu NagappanIllustration(s): 3 illus.Number of pages: 256Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 158...

This study examines the work of Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky on medieval Hussites. The author analyzes their numerous contributions to our un...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Devon W. CarbadoNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 156 x 228 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softb...

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The Bright Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1, 000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, br...

Dorothy Wong traces the ancient roots of the Chinese stele tradition and investigates the process by which Chinese steles were adapted for Buddhist...

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By showing how Muslim Canadians successfully navigate and negotiate their religiosity in their everyday lives, Beyond Accommodation critiques the r...

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First of all, let me ask you a few quick questions... Do you wish you weren't circumcised? Would you like to increase your sensitivity and pleasure...

This book will be of interest to those who know little about medieval gardens and to those with more knowledge.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuth...

A double biography of two forgotten Early Medieval queens: Brunhild and Fredegund.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Shelley PuhakIllustration(s): 1...

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The physical nature of the medieval cartulary examined alongside its textual contents.

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An examination of awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of discretio spirituum, the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin...