Translating Christ in the Middle Ages. Gender, Authorship, and the Visionary Text, Paperback - Barbara Zimbalist

Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressAuthor(s): Barbara ZimbalistNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 22Cover type...

This collection of essays focuses attention on how medieval gender intersects with other categories of difference, particularly religion and ethnic...

Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic a...

Proposing that people lived (and live) in "emotional communities"--each having its own particular norms of emotional valuation and expression--Barb...

The De Re Militari of Vegetius: The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages - Christopher Allmand

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 ...

In The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages, Mary Dzon explores the continued transmission and appeal of apocryphal legends througho...

This book is a collection of milestone articles of a leading scholar in the study of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, a crossroads of Latin-Christian,...

The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions--thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative...

Reducere. From bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies, authors of the classic "Medieval Life" series, comes this compelling, lucid, and highly readab...

The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval though...

Reducere. Fresco painting was reintroduced to public attention in this important work by a recognized authority. In addition to translating descriptions of p...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures--...

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 ...

Presents a series of case studies focusing on the identity and activities of individuals associated with crafts and industries in the Middle Age.

From wool and leather to silks, spices and gems, a fascinating journey through early international trade.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): H...

Reducere. The intrepid Blinkerton children grapple with many adventures when they travel back in time to the Middle Ages. Their guide book from the Good Time...

Reducere. This volume traces the development astrology from the 5th through 15th centuries, highlighted by interpretations from a variety of literary sources...

Jacques Le Goff sets out in this book to explain the role of money, or rather of the various types of money, in the economy, life and mentalities o...

This revised and expanded edition surveys the growth and development of magic in medieval times. Examining its relationship with religion, science,...

Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central positi...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures-a...

In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures-a...

DescriptionParis in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from th...

DescriptionCastration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding hare...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): MorilloNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 234 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...

Avery is a little curious child who simply loves history and...can travel in it! Every title is an adventure in history bringing together fiction a...

This book breaks new ground by bringing postmodern writings on vision and embodiment into dialogue with medieval texts and images: an interdiscipli...

A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of ...

The medieval kitchen revealed; facilities, seasonal foods, strictures of the church, and the interweaving of foodstuffs with medical theory.

The first two sections of this book explore different ways of understanding seismic phenomena and present strategies for post-disaster management. ...

This book presents the first full length study in English of monumental bronzes in the Middle Ages, from technology of production to public recepti...

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

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 36 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

DescriptionA year in the life of a peasant woman in medieval England is vividly evoked in this extraordinary portrait of Marion, a carpenter's wife...

This research underscores the significance of the Transylvanian Saxons as actors in the cultural history of Europe. The presence of books in southe...

Publisher: Christian Focus Publications LtdAuthor(s): Luke H. DavisNumber of pages: 176Collection: Risen HopePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 215 ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Medieval England and Magna Carta, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: M...

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious life; essays explore literary evidence.

Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Katherine HarveyIllustration(s): 17 halftonesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 220 x 268 x ...

This book studies the way in which medieval ways of knowing the Oriental 'other' were constructed around the idea of a utopic East as located in th...