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Poetic Edda
Essays on Old Norse Mythology
Av Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington
Häftad, 2013
946 kr
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This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the …
Violence in Medieval Courtly Literature
A Casebook
Häftad, 2014
1047 kr
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Although courtly literature is often associated with a chivalrous and idyllic life, the fifteen original essays in this collection demonstrate that the quest for love in the world of medieval courtly literature was underpinned by violence. Lovers were rejected, mistrust ruled, rape was a rampant …
Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2012
817 kr
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Expert food historians provide detailed histories of the creation and development of particular delicacies in six regions of medieval Europe-Britain, France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the Low Countries.
Italian Novella
Häftad, 2014
946 kr
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The novella was an important medieval and Renaissance prose narrative form that developed out of exempla and didactic literature and contributed to modern narrative forms. This is the first collection of essays dedicated to comprehensive scholarship on the Italian novella. The essays range from …
Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 2002
2828 kr
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Expert food historians provide detailed histories of the creation and development of particular delicacies in six regions of medieval Europe-Britain, France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the Low Countries.
Italian Novella
Inbunden, 2002
2890 kr
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The novella was an important medieval and Renaissance prose narrative form that developed out of exempla and didactic literature and contributed to modern narrative forms. This is the first collection of essays dedicated to comprehensive scholarship on the Italian novella. The essays range from …
Christine de Pizan
A Casebook
Av Barbara K. Altmann, Deborah L. McGrady
Inbunden, 2002
3158 kr
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Christine de Pizan wrote voluminously, commenting on various aspects of the late-medieval society in which she lived. Considered by many to be the first French woman of letters, Christine and her writing have been difficult to place ever since she began putting her thoughts on the page. Although …
Violence in Medieval Courtly Literature
A Casebook
Inbunden, 2004
2890 kr
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Although courtly literature is often associated with a chivalrous and idyllic life, the fifteen original essays in this collection demonstrate that the quest for love in the world of medieval courtly literature was underpinned by violence. Lovers were rejected, mistrust ruled, rape was a rampant …
Medieval Rhetoric
A Casebook
Inbunden, 2004
2890 kr
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This volume in the Routledge Medieval Casebooks series explores medieval rhetorical practices. Ten original essays examine the ways in which contemporary readers and scholars might employ rhetorical theory to illuminate underlying meanings in medieval texts. The contributors also explore how …
Sanctity and Motherhood
Essays on Holy Mothers in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 1995
2752 kr
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Increasingly, recent scholarship has focused on those married women and mothers in the Middle Ages who achieved holiness. The Merovingian Waldetrudis and Rictrudis; Ida, mother of the crusader king Godfrey of Bouillon; Elisabeth of Hungary and Bridget of Sweden are among them. Unlike Mary and her …
Poetic Edda
Essays on Old Norse Mythology
Av Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington
Inbunden, 2002
3165 kr
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This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. The volume also provides very useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the …
Julian of Norwich
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 1998
2896 kr
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These essays-written specifically for this book-provide a rich evaluation of this late 14th and early 15th-century mystical writer's book of revelations and considers the construction of her narrative, its theological complexity, and its literary and intellectual context. This casebook features …
Hildegard of Bingen
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 1998
2673 kr
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This volume explores the extraordinary life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology to zoology to medicine. These essays-written specifically for this volume-approach Hildegard from a variety of perspectives including gender …
William Langland's Piers Plowman
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 2001
2896 kr
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This collection of newly written essays provides a fresh examination of some of the issues central to the study of this poem, including an exploration of its relevance to contemporary literary theory and to 14th century culture and ideology.
Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities
Men in the Medieval West
Inbunden, 1999
2896 kr
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Conflicting Identities and Multiple Masculinities takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the fifteenth century, crossing from pre-Christian Scandinavia across western Christendom. The essays consult a broad and representative cross …
Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 2000
2519 kr
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Medieval attempts to capture a glimpse of heaven range from the ethereal to the mundane, utilizing media as diverse as maps, cathedrals, songs, treatises, poems, visions and sewer systems. Heaven was at once the goal of the individual Christian life and the end of the cosmic plan. It was, simply …
Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 1999
2896 kr
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The computer revolution is upon us. The future of books and of reading are debated. Will there be books in the next millennium? Will we still be reading? As uncertain as the answers to these questions might be, as clear is the message about the value of the book expressed by medieval writers. The …
Anna Komnene and Her Times
Inbunden, 2000
2673 kr
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This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
Medieval Family Roles
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 1999
894 kr
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This colelction of twelve original essays by European and American scholars, offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage, children, and family ties.
Anna Komnene and Her Times
Häftad, 2000
782 kr
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This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
Hildegard of Bingen
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2014
912 kr
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This volume explores the extraordinary life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology to zoology to medicine. These essays-written specifically for this volume-approach Hildegard from a variety of perspectives including gender …
Julian of Norwich
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2014
931 kr
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These essays-written specifically for this book-provide a rich evaluation of this late 14th and early 15th-century mystical writer's book of revelations and considers the construction of her narrative, its theological complexity, and its literary and intellectual context. This casebook features …
Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2014
1049 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Medieval attempts to capture a glimpse of heaven range from the ethereal to the mundane, utilizing media as diverse as maps, cathedrals, songs, treatises, poems, visions and sewer systems. Heaven was at once the goal of the individual Christian life and the end of the cosmic plan. It was, simply …
Medieval Family Roles
A Book of Essays
Inbunden, 2017
2896 kr
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This colelction of twelve original essays by European and American scholars, offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage, children, and family ties.
Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities
Men in the Medieval West
Häftad, 2014
1049 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Conflicting Identities and Multiple Masculinities takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the fifteenth century, crossing from pre-Christian Scandinavia across western Christendom. The essays consult a broad and representative cross …
Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages
Häftad, 2014
948 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The computer revolution is upon us. The future of books and of reading are debated. Will there be books in the next millennium? Will we still be reading? As uncertain as the answers to these questions might be, as clear is the message about the value of the book expressed by medieval writers. The …
Christine de Pizan
A Casebook
Av Barbara K. Altmann, Deborah L. McGrady
Häftad, 2015
948 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Christine de Pizan wrote voluminously, commenting on various aspects of the late-medieval society in which she lived. Considered by many to be the first French woman of letters, Christine and her writing have been difficult to place ever since she began putting her thoughts on the page. Although …
Medieval Rhetoric
A Casebook
Häftad, 2014
948 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume in the Routledge Medieval Casebooks series explores medieval rhetorical practices. Ten original essays examine the ways in which contemporary readers and scholars might employ rhetorical theory to illuminate underlying meanings in medieval texts. The contributors also explore how …
Sanctity and Motherhood
Essays on Holy Mothers in the Middle Ages
Häftad, 2016
825 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Increasingly, recent scholarship has focused on those married women and mothers in the Middle Ages who achieved holiness. The Merovingian Waldetrudis and Rictrudis; Ida, mother of the crusader king Godfrey of Bouillon; Elisabeth of Hungary and Bridget of Sweden are among them. Unlike Mary and her …
William Langland's Piers Plowman
A Book of Essays
Häftad, 2016
948 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection of newly written essays provides a fresh examination of some of the issues central to the study of this poem, including an exploration of its relevance to contemporary literary theory and to 14th century culture and ideology.
