Shaping Identity in Medieval French Literature. The Other Within, Hardback - ***

Considers the multiplicity and instability of medieval French literary identity, arguing that it is fluid and represented in numerous ways. The wor...

Tracing three episodes in sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's Ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - Sarah Elliott Novacich shows ho...

This study is an interdisciplinary examination of the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author employs historical an...

Publisher: Pindar PressAuthor(s): John MitchellIllustration(s): 243 illus.Number of pages: 356Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 248 x 176 x 24Cover...

Reducere. In today's discussions of religious difference and intolerance, the Middle Ages are often presented as a time of fixed racial, religious, and cultu...

This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material ...

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DescriptionIn southeastern Morocco, around the oasis of Tafilalet, the Ait Khabbash people weave brightly colored carpets, embroider indigo head co...

DescriptionSwords were special in Anglo-Saxon England. Their names, deeds and pedigrees were enshrined in writing. Many were curated for generation...

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

This book investigates medieval concepts of authorship with reference to German narratives written between 1220 and 1290. It combines analyses of l...

For scholars and students of Shakespeare Studies, Book History and Early Modern Drama, this book overturns how we understand the relationships betw...

Examines how school curriculum-based representations of Dominican identity navigate black racial identity, its relatedness to Haiti, and the cultur...

Through various stages in history from the Roman to the Medieval, to the Renaissance and the Early Modern and Modern, the book shows how political ...

Bringing together results from archaeological investigations carried out in the suburbs to the north and east of the medieval and later City of Che...

"A collection of tales from the Middle Ages that reveal voyages to Heaven and Hell, the realm of the Faery, mystical lands, and encounters with myt...

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 ...

This new, wide-ranging framework for understanding Victorian settler colonialism reveals the energetic circulation of literary forms between Austra...

DescriptionIntroducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in 14th Century France Pari...

The fourth catalogue devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art, comparable to the holding...

This book uncovers the tremendous importance of water for European medieval literature, focusing on a large number of writers and poets. Water prov...

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

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary t...

Irish inhabitants of the 'four obedient shires' - a term commonly used to describe the region at the heart of the English colony in the later Middl...

First full examination of the medieval livery collar, form, function, and significance.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Matthew J. WardIll...

An illuminating and thought-provoking history of the growth of Hispanic American Republican voters in the past half century and their surprising im...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Chloe K. (Independent scholar, UK) GottNumber of pages: 248Collection: Bloomsbury Studies in Religio...

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

DescriptionA richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their liv...

Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature is a collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of...

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 ...

The Other Rise of the Novel relies on new research concerning the relevance of bourgeois values and ideals in the early modern period in France to ...

How American and Canadian cities came to be governed differently - and what it means for the future.

DescriptionA lighthearted look at how to bring more humor, happiness, and joie de vivre into our lives through French literature Like many people t...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sarah (Australian Catholic University, Australia) BendallIllustration(s): 150 color and bw illusNumb...

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

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