Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies – serie
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Abelard in Four Dimensions
A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours
Häftad, 2013
602 kr
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Abelard in Four Dimensions: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours by John Marenbon, one of the leading scholars of medieval philosophy and a specialist on Abelard's thought, originated from a set of lectures in the distinguished Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies series and …
Medieval Autographies
The "I" of the Text
Häftad, 2012
647 kr
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A. C. Spearing develops a new engagement of narrative theory with medieval English first-person writing, focusing on the roles and functions of the ‘I’ as a shifting textual phenomenon, not to be defined either as autobiographical or as the label of a fictional speaker or narrator.
Dominicans and the Pope
Papal Teaching Authority in the Medieval and Early Modern Thomist Tradition
Av Ulrich Horst
Häftad, 2006
510 kr
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Examines papal teaching authority from Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century to the Dominican School of Salamanca in sixteenth-century Spain. This work describes the debates between the Dominicans and other orders over papal teaching authority, especially whether there should be limits placed on …
Outsiders
The Humanity and Inhumanity of Giants in Medieval French Prose Romance
Av Sylvia Huot
Häftad, 2016
782 kr
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Giants are a ubiquitous feature of medieval romance. As remnants of a British prehistory prior to the civilization established, according to the Historium regum Britannie, by Brutus and his Trojan followers, giants are permanently at odds with the chivalric culture of the romance world. Whether …
Perceptions of the Past in the Early Middle Ages
Häftad, 2006
521 kr
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Contains essays that focus on the Frankish realms in the eight and ninth centuries. This volume also examines different methods and genres of historical writing in relation to the perceptions of time and chronology. It also explores the significance of Rome in Carolingian perceptions of the past.
Medieval Crossover
Reading the Secular Against the Sacred
Häftad, 2013
872 kr
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The sacred and the secular in medieval literature have too often been perceived as opposites, or else relegated to separate but unequal spheres. In Medieval Crossover: Reading the Secular against the Sacred , Barbara Newman offers a new approach to the many ways that sacred and secular interact in …
Templars and Hospitallers As Professed Religious in the Holy Land
Häftad, 2009
458 kr
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The Templars and the Hospitallers were the two major Military Orders of the Roman Catholic Church from the early twelfth to the middle of the thirteenth century. This title discusses the origins of the orders in dedication to the protection of pilgrims to the Holy Land (Templars) and to the care of …
Politique
Languages of Statecraft Between Chaucer and Shakespeare
Av Paul Strohm
Inbunden, 2005
1767 kr
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Based on the 2003 Conway Lectures Strohm delivered at the University of Notre Dame, this book states that England experienced its own "pre-Machiavellian" moment between 1450 and 1485. In support of this thesis, he analyzes a range of fifteenth-century English political texts along with several …
Politique
Languages of Statecraft Between Chaucer and Shakespeare
Av Paul Strohm
Häftad, 2005
707 kr
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Based on the 2003 Conway Lectures Strohm delivered at the University of Notre Dame, this book states that England experienced its own ""pre-Machiavellian"" moment between 1450 and 1485. In support of this thesis, he analyzes a range of fifteenth-century English political texts along with several …
Rituals for the Dead
Religion and Community in the Medieval University of Paris
Inbunden, 2018
1537 kr
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Examines aspects of the religious of the University of Paris in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In place of the traditional account of teaching programs and curriculum, however, the focus here is on religious observances and the important role that prayers for the dead played in the daily …
Rituals for the Dead
Religion and Community in the Medieval University of Paris
Häftad, 2018
732 kr
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Examines aspects of the religious of the University of Paris in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In place of the traditional account of teaching programs and curriculum, however, the focus here is on religious observances and the important role that prayers for the dead played in the daily …
Varieties of Monastic Experience in Byzantium, 800-1453
Inbunden, 2019
1537 kr
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In this unprecedented introduction to Byzantine monasticism, based on the Conway Lectures she delivered at the University of Notre Dame in 2014, Alice-Mary Talbot surveys the various forms of monastic life in the Byzantine Empire between the ninth and fifteenth centuries.
Varieties of Monastic Experience in Byzantium, 800-1453
Häftad, 2019
732 kr
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In this unprecedented introduction to Byzantine monasticism, based on the Conway Lectures she delivered at the University of Notre Dame in 2014, Alice-Mary Talbot surveys the various forms of monastic life in the Byzantine Empire between the ninth and fifteenth centuries.
Perceptions of the Past in the Early Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2006
1583 kr
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Historical writing of the early middle ages tends to be regarded as little more than a possible source of facts, but Rosamond McKitterick establishes that early medieval historians conveyed in their texts a sophisticated set of multiple perceptions of the past.
Visual Translation
Illuminated Manuscripts and the First French Humanists
Inbunden, 2022
1563 kr
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Visual Translation breaks new ground in the study of French manuscripts, contributing to the fields of French humanism, textual translation, and the reception of the classical tradition in the first half of the fifteenth century.While the prominence and quality of illustrations in French …
Etiquette of Early Northern Verse
Inbunden, 2022
1282 kr
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In The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse, Roberta Frank peers into the northern poet's workshop, eavesdropping as Old English and Old Norse verse reveal their craft secrets.This book places two vernacular poetries of the long Viking Age into conversation, revealing their membership in a single …
Don't Think for Yourself
Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy
Inbunden, 2022
1537 kr
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How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thought.In this engaging study into the history of philosophy and epistemology, Peter Adamson provides …
Don't Think for Yourself
Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy
Häftad, 2024
537 kr
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How do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thought. In this engaging study into the history of philosophy and epistemology, Peter Adamson provides …
Sounding the Word of God
Carolingian Books for Singers
Av Susan Rankin
Inbunden, 2022
1241 kr
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Drawing on a wide context of bookmaking, this sweeping study traces fundamental changes in books made to support musical practice during the Carolingian Renaissance.During the late eighth and ninth centuries, there were dramatic changes in the way European medieval scribes made books for singers, …
Abelard in Four Dimensions
A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours
Inbunden, 2022
1537 kr
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Abelard in Four Dimensions: A Twelfth-Century Philosopher in His Context and Ours by John Marenbon, one of the leading scholars of medieval philosophy and a specialist on Abelard's thought, originated from a set of lectures in the distinguished Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies series and …
Dominicans and the Pope
Papal Teaching Authority in the Medieval and Early Modern Thomist Tradition
Av Ulrich Horst
Inbunden, 2022
1155 kr
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These essays examine papal teaching authority from Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century to the Dominican School of Salamanca in sixteenth century Spain. Fr. Ulrich Horst, O.P., an internationally renowned authority in historical theology, describes the various debates between the Dominicans and …
Medieval Crossover
Reading the Secular Against the Sacred
Inbunden, 2022
2605 kr
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The sacred and the secular in medieval literature have too often been perceived as opposites, or else relegated to separate but unequal spheres. In Medieval Crossover: Reading the Secular against the Sacred, Barbara Newman offers a new approach to the many ways that sacred and secular interact in …
Outsiders
The Humanity and Inhumanity of Giants in Medieval French Prose Romance
Av Sylvia Huot
Inbunden, 2022
2186 kr
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Giants are a ubiquitous feature of medieval romance. As remnants of a British prehistory prior to the civilization established, according to the Historium regum Britannie, by Brutus and his Trojan followers, giants are permanently at odds with the chivalric culture of the romance world. Whether …
Templars and Hospitallers As Professed Religious in the Holy Land
Inbunden, 2024
1537 kr
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The Templars and the Hospitallers were the two earliest and most famous of the major Military Orders of the Roman Catholic Church from the early twelfth to the middle of the thirteenth century. In this book, Jonathan Riley-Smith attends to the Templars' and Hospitallers' primary role as religious …
