Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies – serie
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Theologians’ Vainglory
The Aureola Doctorum and Intellectual Self-Consciousness at the University (Thirteenth–Sixteenth Centuries)
Av Matteo Esu
Häftad, 2025
1230 kr
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Academic pride, the desire for fame and success, the importance of titles over the teaching practice, the gap between real capabilities and official recognition, the pomp of ceremonies and rituals, scholarly nepotism, and institutional privileges: these issues plagued medieval universities from …
Shakespeare’s Tragic Language
Av Paul Hammond
Häftad, 2025
1347 kr
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In Shakespearean tragedy, language is used to bring about the downfall of characters, but there is also a tragedy which affects language itself through the decomposition of the fundamental concepts and mythologies which give identity to both societies and individuals. This book shows how in …
Le registre de croisade inédit de Saint Louis (1248–1254)
Häftad, 2025
1268 kr
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This volume publishes the content of 133 charters of Saint Louis, issued in the East during his first crusade. They come from the Latin manuscript 9778 of the National Library of France, which went overseas with the monarch. These documents from 1248 to 1254 shed light on the operation of the royal …
Early Modern Musical Innovation
The Hidden History of Olbrycht Górecki
Häftad, 2026
1088 kr
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Explore the extraordinary life and turbulent times of Olbrycht Górecki (c. 1621–c. 1684)—Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, soldier, Calvinist, polyglot and inventor of “lute strings covered with sylver wyer.” A key catalyst in a line of musical instrument innovations over the last five hundred years, …
Hugo Grotius’s On Public Partnership with Unbelievers (De societate publica cum infidelibus)
Introduction, Transcription and English Translation
Häftad, 2025
1317 kr
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In this hitherto unpublished treatise, Hugo Grotius examines what kinds of partnerships between Christians and non-Christians are legally permissible. These include public partnerships, such as treaties and alliances, but also private associations, such as commercial contracts, marriages, and …
Albrecht Dürer's Four Apostles
Image, Word, and Meaning
Häftad, 2025
1317 kr
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The year 2026 means that 500 years have passed since Albrecht Dürer's monumental Four Apostles was completed, but these two panels continue to attract much scholarly and popular attention. This monograph argues persuasively that Dürer's diptych represents the artist's vision of ideal harmony even …
Word Eaters: Graphophagy in the Early and High Middle Ages
Häftad, 2026
1188 kr
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Syrups made from sacred words dissolved in water, cups with inscribed letters, and mysterious symbols traced on food—graphophagy, the ingestion of words, was real and widespread, yet scarcely studied within the medieval European context. This volume reveals how people consumed texts for …
