Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance, Hardback - Corinne Saunders

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...

Analysis of how emotion is pictured in Arthurian legend.

How did popular and elite beliefs about the next world, and about supernatural forces in this world, change and develop as a result of the Reformat...

Reducere. "He got as close as he could to observe the spectacle; his eyes could hardly believe what he saw. Circled around the huge bonfire were many witches...

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

How was medieval English theatre performed? This book analyses dormant evidence of theatrical processes such as casting, doubling of parts, rehears...

From devotional literature to political narratives, medieval texts propose that sexual violence victims have privileged moral, ethical, and spiritu...

DescriptionIn the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies. In ...

First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower.

Examines over 30 of Stephen King's works, revealing that the overall success of the characters in removing the supernatural threat from their towns...

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

Reducere. Angels and demons are operating all around you. Whether you believe it or not. Whether you can see them or not. In fact, the Bible tells us there i...

A collection of tales from the Middle Ages focused on otherworldly powers, magical animals, miracles, demonic apparitions, and supernatural eventsP...

Presents a systematic survey of the fifty most important medieval parish church towers and spires in England, covering a period of some five hundre...

This collection honours the scholarship of Professor David F. Johnson, exploring the wider view of medieval England and its cultural contracts with...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Jason Sion MokhtarianNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 25Cover ...

Reducere. A Medieval Book of Magical Stones is the first translation of the longest and most comprehensive medieval English treatise on the occult powers of ...

In blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, diplomats and travellers, English nation and Italian nation, Maura O'Connor shows us the exten...

Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the British Library's illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature's most c...

Publisher: CrackBoom! BooksAuthor(s): Corinne DelporteIllustration(s): Color illustrationsNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 220 ...

This volume elucidates the craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes of scribes of late medieval English manuscripts to students...

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, USAuthor(s): Margo HendricksNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158...

Reducere. Tyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witc...

Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval reli...

A comprehensive exploration of familiars and their many forms and powers - Explores witch's familiars in folklore, shamanic, and magical traditions...

Highly Commended in the Best Archaeological Book category of the 2008 British Archaeological Awards. Wall paintings are a unique art form, compleme...

DC is celebrating 80 years of the greatest rivalry turned romance in comics in The Bat and the Cat: 80 Years of Romance! This hardcover edition fea...

Reducere. This hymnal is a collection of early Christian poems translated into English and set to melodies from the medieval period. The 56 poems are selecte...

Analyzing outlaw literature as a form of nature writing, Harlan-Haughey suggests that it often reveals more about medieval anxieties respecting hum...

Reducere. **This book is a STANDALONE ** My life is a secret. His life is dangerous. We're both stubborn, calculating, and controlling. Mark Dixon doesn't kn...