Medieval Writings on Secular Women, Paperback - ***

A collection that brings together a host of writings from across different regions and cultures of the Middle Ages, from the ninth to the fifteenth...

Reducere. A living tradition, Buddhism began as a way of working with the difficulties we all face as mortal, vulnerable, conscious beings. Its founder imbue...

In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 242Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 157 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Amand...

Reducere. From helping others in times of need, to keeping and maintaining friendships, to having a positive attitude, Laura's words of wisdom in Writings to...

Reducere. In Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Life As a Pioneer Woman, Laura tells her readers what it was like to be a pioneer in the e...

Reducere. What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman?"Wickedly entertaining, informative and thought-provoking. An insightful, modern look at the lives of women ...

Reducere. In this volume, a major psychoanalytic thinker presents a theory of personality through his explorations of one of humankind's most basic attribute...

Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society, i...

Reducere. The writings of John Stuart Mill have become the cornerstone of political liberalism. Collected for the first time in this volume are Mill's three ...

MEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Henr...

Reducere. From Christianity's earliest days, seekers have looked for "theosis, " or unity with God. This volume contains three of the classic texts of mediev...

New B-format paperback - This fascinating book explores the status of women in medieval England, both before and after the Norman Conquest.Publishe...

Reducere. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the...

Reducere. The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where women were nearly silent. As such, they are st...

This work is concerned with the memories of medieval people. In the Middle Ages, as now, men and women collected stories about the past and handed ...

DescriptionAn ethnographic exploration of technoscientific immortality Immortality has long been considered the domain of religion. But immortality...

Reducere. Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to ...

Reducere. The first comprehensive English-language collection of the writings of the highly original Danish artist Per Kirkeby. Born in 1938, Kirkeby is one ...

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 ...

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

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Joseph BlankholmNumber of pages: 336Collection: Secular StudiesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 152...

Reducere. Leibniz (1645 -1716) had a lifelong interest in things Chinese and accorded China an important role in his ecumenical endeavors. This collection of...

This volume takes stock of critical perspectives on the work of New York-based Wade Guyton (born 1972), assembling both expansive, scholarly essays...

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 ...

Legal records illuminate womens' use of legal processes, with regard to the making of wills, the age of consent, rights concerning marriage and chi...

Jewish Women in the Medieval World offers a thematic overview of the lived experiences of Jewish women in both Europe and the Middle East from 500 ...

Reducere. The author draws on the teachings of faithful expositors past and present, personal testimony, and Scripture to support the infallibility of God's ...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Georges CanguilhemTranslator: Todd MeyersNumber of pages: 116Collection: Forms of LivingPublication d...

Reducere. The Pope Emeritus is starting to speak again, and has decided to make available this collection of his homilies, most previously unpublished, in wh...

DescriptionMari Sandoz, born on Mirage Flats, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 11, 1896, was the eldest daughter of Swiss immigrants. She exp...

Looking back at the last 35 years of Vanity Fair features on women, by women, with an introduction by editor in chief, Radhika Jones.

Reducere. The Women Who Wrote Their Way Into HistoryA packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, B...

This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau's political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Ec...

This study investigates the 'exceptional' staging of the life of Catherine of Siena by a female actor and a female patron in 1468 Metz. Integrating...

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

This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with hi...

Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.

Reducere. The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the perio...

Kate Chopin on pot smoking. Pauline Hopkins on alchemy and the undead. Sui Sin Far on cross-dressing. Emma Lazarus and Angelina Weld Grimké on les...

A colourful collection of pieces on the enigmatic genius of Scott Walker from THE WIRE.

This collection of Stuart Hall's key writings on Marxism surveys the formative questions central to his interpretations of and investments in Marxi...

Reducere. In the course of making nearly 400 films over the past 50 years, "Stan Brakhage" became synonymous with independent American filmmaking, particular...

Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Phili...