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Imagination and Fantasy in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time
Projections, Dreams, Monsters, and Illusions
Inbunden, 2020
2836 kr
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The notions of other peoples, cultures, and natural conditions have always been determined by the epistemology of imagination and fantasy, providing much freedom and creativity, and yet have also created much fear, anxiety, and horror. In this regard, the pre-modern world demonstrates striking …
Old Age in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Neglected Topic
Inbunden, 2007
2693 kr
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After an extensive introduction that takes stock of the relevant research literature on Old Age in the Middle Ages and the early modern age, the contributors discuss the phenomenon of old age in many different fields of late antique, medieval, and early modern literature, history, and art history. …
Power of a Woman's Voice in Medieval and Early Modern Literatures
New Approaches to German and European Women Writers and to Violence Against Women in Premodern Times
Inbunden, 2007
2122 kr
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The study takes the received view among scholars that women in the Middle Ages were faced with sustained misogyny and that their voices were seldom heard in public and subjects it to a critical analysis. The ten chapters deal with various aspects of the question, and the voices of a variety of …
Sexuality in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
New Approaches to a Fundamental Cultural-Historical and Literary-Anthropological Theme
Inbunden, 2008
2487 kr
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Sexuality is one of the most influential factors in human life. The responses to and reflections upon the manifestations of sexuality provide fascinating insights into fundamental aspects of medieval and early-modern culture. This interdisciplinary volume with articles written by social historians, …
Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
Inbunden, 2009
2487 kr
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Although the city as a central entity did not simply disappear with the Fall of the Roman Empire, the development of urban space at least since the twelfth century played a major role in the history of medieval and early modern mentality within a social-economic and religious framework. Whereas …
Laughter in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Epistemology of a Fundamental Human Behavior, its Meaning, and Consequences
Inbunden, 2010
2338 kr
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Despite popular opinions of the ‘dark Middle Ages’ and a ‘gloomy early modern age,’ many people laughed, smiled, giggled, chuckled, entertained and ridiculed each other. This volume demonstrates how important laughter had been at times and how diverse the situations proved to be in which people …
Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Explorations of a Fundamental Ethical Discourse
Av Albrecht Classen, Marilyn Sandidge
Inbunden, 2011
3238 kr
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Although it seems that erotic love generally was the prevailing topic in the medieval world and the Early Modern Age, parallel to this the Ciceronian ideal of friendship also dominated the public discourse, as this collection of essays demonstrates. Following an extensive introduction, the …
Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages
A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature
Inbunden, 2011
2487 kr
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Medieval historians and literary scholars have not ignored the topic of sexual violence and rape, but the primary focus has regularly rested on English, French, or Italian documents. Here we have the first book-length study that investigates the treatment of sexual crimes in medieval and early …
War and Peace
Critical Issues in European Societies and Literature 800-1800
Av Albrecht Classen, Nadia Margolis
Inbunden, 2011
2345 kr
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The contributors to the present volume examine, from a wide variety of perspectives, the issues of war and peace in the Middle Ages and early modern time, probing the direction of the relevant discourse regarding the legitimacy and justification of military operations. Because man is a deeply …
Rural Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
The Spatial Turn in Premodern Studies
Inbunden, 2012
2542 kr
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Older research on the premodern world limited its focus on the Church, the court, and, more recently, on urban space. The present volume invites readers to consider the meaning of rural space, both in light of ecocritical readings and social-historical approaches. While previous scholars examined …
Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
A Fundamental Thought Paradigm of the Premodern World
Inbunden, 2012
2021 kr
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The game of chess was wildly popular in the Middle Ages, so much so that it became an important thought paradigm for thinkers and writers who utilized its vocabulary and imagery for commentaries on war, politics, love, and the social order. In this collection of essays, scholars investigate chess …
Authorities in the Middle Ages
Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society
Av Sini Kangas, Mia Korpiola m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1962 kr
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Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in the Middle Ages offers answers to this thorny issue through specialized investigations.This book considers the concept of authority and …
Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Mental-Historical Investigations of Basic Human Problems and Social Responses
Av Albrecht Classen, Connie Scarborough
Inbunden, 2012
2487 kr
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All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The …
Inscribing the Environment
Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Spanish Literature
Inbunden, 2013
1765 kr
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Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Spain, showing …
East Meets West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Transcultural Experiences in the Premodern World
Inbunden, 2013
2390 kr
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This new volume explores the surprisingly intense and complex relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the early modern world, combining a large number of critical studies representing such diverse fields as literary (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic) and …
Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Inbunden, 2014
2492 kr
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This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who originally had presented their research at a symposium at The …
Popular Opinion in the Middle Ages
Channeling Public Ideas and Attitudes
Inbunden, 2016
1660 kr
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This book provides a needed overview of the scholarship on medieval public culture and popular movements such as the Peace of God, heresy, and the crusades and illustrates how a changing sense of the populus, the importance of publics and public opinion and public spheres was influential in the …
Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
The Material and Spiritual Conditions of the Culture of Death
Inbunden, 2016
2321 kr
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Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout time have had to cope with death as an existential experience, and this also, of course, in the premodern world. The contributors to the present volume examine the material and …
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Communication and Miscommunication in the Premodern World
Inbunden, 2016
2895 kr
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Bi- and multilingualism are of great interest for contemporary linguists since this phenomenon deeply reflects on language acquisition, language use, and sociolinguistic conditions in many different circumstances all over the world. Multilingualism was, however, certainly rather common already, if …
Bodily and Spiritual Hygiene in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Explorations of Textual Presentations of Filth and Water
Inbunden, 2017
2390 kr
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While most people today take hygiene and medicine for granted, they both have had their own history. We can gain deep insights into the pre-modern world by studying its health-care system, its approaches to medicine, and concept of hygiene. Already the early Middle Ages witnessed great interest in …
Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time
The Occult in Pre-Modern Sciences, Medicine, Literature, Religion, and Astrology
Inbunden, 2017
2729 kr
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There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the …
Words that Tear the Flesh
Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures
Av Stephen Alan Baragona, Elizabeth Louise Rambo
Inbunden, 2018
1962 kr
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The rhetorical trope of irony is well-trod territory, with books and essays devoted to its use by a wide range of medieval and Renaissance writers, from the Beowulf-poet and Chaucer to Boccaccio and Shakespeare; however, the use of sarcasm, the "flesh tearing" form of irony, in the same literature …
Travel, Time, and Space in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time
Explorations of World Perceptions and Processes of Identity Formation
Inbunden, 2018
2720 kr
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Research on medieval and early modern travel literature has made great progress, which now allows us to take the next step and to analyze the correlations between the individual and space throughout time, which contributed essentially to identity formation in many different settings. The …
Pleasure and Leisure in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Cultural-Historical Perspectives on Toys, Games, and Entertainment
Inbunden, 2019
2827 kr
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Jan Huizinga and Roger Caillois have already taught us to realize how important games and play have been for pre-modern civilization. Recent research has begun to acknowledge the fundamental importance of these aspects in cultural, religious, philosophical, and literary terms. This volume expands …
Freedom, Imprisonment, and Slavery in the Pre-Modern World
Cultural-Historical, Social-Literary, and Theoretical Reflections
Inbunden, 2021
1863 kr
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Contrary to common assumptions, medieval and early modern writers and poets often addressed the high value of freedom, whether we think of such fable authors as Marie de France or Ulrich Bonerius. Similarly, medieval history knows of numerous struggles by various peoples to maintain their own …
Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
New Cultural-Historical and Literary Perspectives
Inbunden, 2022
2042 kr
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Literature serves many purposes, and one of them certainly proves to be to convey messages, wisdom, and instruction, and this across languages, religions, and cultures. Beyond that, as the contributors to this volume underscore, people have always endeavored to reach out to their community members, …
Globalism in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
Innovative Approaches and Perspectives
Inbunden, 2023
2127 kr
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Although it is fashionable among modernists to claim that globalism emerged only since ca. 1800, the opposite can well be documented through careful comparative and transdisciplinary studies, as this volume demonstrates, offering a wide range of innovative perspectives on often neglected literary, …
Blurred Boundaries and Deceptive Dichotomies in Pre-Modern Texts and Images
Culture, Society and Reception
Inbunden, 2023
1801 kr
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This collection of essays focuses on the way blurred boundaries are represented in pre-modern texts and visual art and how they were received and perceived by their audiences: readers, listeners, and viewers. According to the current understanding that opposing cognitive categories that are so …
Nature in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times
Exploration of a Critical Relationship
Inbunden, 2024
2137 kr
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The study of pre-modern anthropology requires the close examination of the relationship between nature and human society, which has been both precarious and threatening as well as productive, soothing, inviting, and pleasurable. Much depends on the specific circumstances, as the works by …
Community, Peace, and Happiness in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Social, Communicative, Philosophical, and Emotional Negotiations
Inbunden, 2026
1840 kr
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This volume, combining numerous methodological and disciplinary approaches, seeks to explore how pre-modern writers, thinkers, theologians, and poets reflected on the perennial problems of violence, miscommunication, hatred, and outright war, all directly threatening the survival of civilized …
