Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages – serie
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13 produkter
Medieval Pig
Inbunden, 2024
605 kr
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Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources.The pig was a common sight in the Middle Ages. They might be eating under an oak tree, or out in a field. They might be in the street, with the swineherd close behind at their heels. They might be dismembered, for sale …
Medieval Pig
Häftad, 2024
307 kr
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Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources.The pig was a common sight in the Middle Ages. They might be eating under an oak tree, or out in a field. They might be in the street, with the swineherd close behind at their heels. They might be dismembered, for sale …
Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles
Av Corinne Dale
Inbunden, 2017
1418 kr
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An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology.Humanity is a dominant presence in the Exeter Book riddle collection. It is frequently shown using, shaping and binding the physical world in which it lives. …
Birds in Medieval English Poetry
Metaphors, Realities, Transformations
Inbunden, 2018
1493 kr
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First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower.Birds featured in many aspects of medieval people's lives, not least in their poetry. But despite their familiar presence in literary culture, it is …
Restoring Creation: The Natural World in the Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac
Inbunden, 2019
1507 kr
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An investigation into two important Saints Lives provides a window into the Anglo-Saxon perception of the non-human world.The question of the relationship between humanity and the non-human world may seem a modern phenomenon; but in fact, even in the early medieval period people actively reflected …
Birds in Medieval English Poetry
Metaphors, Realities, Transformations
Häftad, 2021
398 kr
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First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to Chaucer and Gower.Birds featured in many aspects of medieval people's lives, not least in their poetry. But despite their familiar presence in literary culture, it is …
Enclosed Garden and the Medieval Religious Imaginary
Inbunden, 2021
1938 kr
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During the Middle Ages, the arresting motif of the walled garden - especially in its manifestation as a sacred or love-inflected hortus conclusus - was a common literary device.During the Middle Ages, the arresting motif of the walled garden - especially in its manifestation as a sacred or …
Animal Soundscapes in Anglo-Norman Texts
Av Liam Lewis
Inbunden, 2022
1418 kr
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A redefinition of the animal's relationship to sound and language in French texts from medieval England.The barks, hoots and howls of animals and birds pierce through the experience of medieval texts. In captivating episodes of communication between species, a mandrake shrieks when uprooted from …
Wolves in Beowulf and Other Old English Texts
Inbunden, 2022
1493 kr
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A fresh and sympathetic investigation of the depiction of wolves in early medieval literature, recuperating their reputation.The best-known wolves of Old English literature are the Beasts of Battle, alongside ravens and eagles as ravenous heralds of doom who haunt the battlefield in the hope of …
Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland
From Farm-Settlement to Sagas
Inbunden, 2022
1455 kr
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A multi-disciplinary investigation of the links between people and animals, in reality and representation.Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from partners in settlement and household allies, to violent offenders, foster-kin and surrogate wives, …
Trees as Symbol and Metaphor in the Middle Ages
Comparative Contexts
Av Michael Bintley, Pippa Salonius
Inbunden, 2024
1493 kr
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WINNER: AFCEMS Prize 2024Highlights human encounters with the forest and its trees at the time of the European Middle Ages, when their lofty boughs were weighted with meaning.Forests, with their interlacing networks of trees and secret patterns of communication, are powerful entities for …
Trees as Symbol and Metaphor in the Middle Ages
Comparative Contexts
Av Michael Bintley, Pippa Salonius
Häftad, 2026
430 kr
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WINNER: AFCEMS Prize 2024Highlights human encounters with the forest and its trees at the time of the European Middle Ages, when their lofty boughs were weighted with meaning.Forests, with their interlacing networks of trees and secret patterns of communication, are powerful entities for …
Playfulness, Animals and Learning in Early Medieval Texts
Av Brian Cook
Inbunden, 2026
1270 kr
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Examines literary play as a lens for rethinking the human-animal boundary in early medieval culture - from Bede and Beowulf to Augustine of Hippo and Isidore of Seville.The frog goes "croak." The crow goes "caw." These two sentences might easily be found in a modern children's book, written in …
