Society & Culture
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Arab Women in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Shirley Guthrie (Author)
$55.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780863567735
Published by : Saqi Books
Regardless of social rank and religion, whether Christian, Jew or Muslim, Arab women in the Middle Ages played an important role in the functioning of society. This book is a rare journey into their daily lives, their private spaces, and public... .... Learn More -
La vie culturelle, intellectuelle et scientifique a la cour des papes d'Avignon [Paperback]
J Hamesse (Author)
$65.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9782503518770
Published by : Brepols
This collection of inter-disciplinary studies focuses on the diverse cultural, intellectual and scientific life at the papal court of Avignon. More especially, the contributors examine the contents of the papal library, the production of manuscrip... .... Learn More -
The Old French Ballette: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308 [Paperback]
Eglal Doss-Quinby (Editor)
Regular Price: $208.00
Special Price: $80.00
ISBN: 9782600010269
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: Publications Romanes et Françaises
Volume: 239
L'important recueil de poésies conservé dans Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 308, copié vers 1310, est le seul chansonnier des trouvères dont les pièces soient classées par genre, de préférence à d'autres critères. Sous la rubrique "Ci en coman... .... Learn More -
Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft - Mentalitaeten im Mittelalter. [Hardback]
Hans-Peter Baum (Author); Rainer Leng (Author); J. Schneider (Author)
$129.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783515088824
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (BWSG)
Volume: 107
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De vrai humain entendement: études sur la littérature française de la fin du Moyen Age offertes en hommage à Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, le 24 janvier 2003 [Paperback]
Yasmina Foehr-Janssens (Editor)
Regular Price: $48.00
Special Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9782600009645
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: recherches et rencontres
Volume: 21
L'automne du Moyen Age suscite de nombreux travaux dans le champ des études littéraires dont la portée critique est d'importance. A l'enseigne du vrai humain Entendement, Yasmina Foehr-Janssens et Jean-Yves Tilliette rassemblent des essais nov... .... Learn More -
Sylloge of Coins in the British Isles 55: Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Part IV. English, Irish and Scottish Coins, 1066-1485 [Hardback]
Maria Mucha (Author)
Regular Price: $108.00
Special Price: $29.98
ISBN: 9780197262368
Published by : Oxford University Press
This volume presents a catalogue of almost 500 coins in the State Hermitage which derive from the collections of Reichel, Stroganov and Plushkin. In addition to providing a good representative sample of medieval silver and gold British coins (... .... Learn More -
Queer Love in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Anna Klosowska Roberts (Author)
$65.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781403963420
Published by : Palgrave
Studying Old French literature reveals some degree of openness towards same-sex relationships, both in the well and lesser-known works. From a cross-dressing heroine who marries a princess to the figure of Perceval in the Grail Legend, Anna Klosow... .... Learn More -
Joining the Conversation: Dialogues Between Renaissance Women [Hardback]
Janet Levarie Smarr (Author)
$70.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780472114351
Published by : University of Michigan Press
The dialogue was a popular genre in Renaissance times and, occurring in both Latin and vernacular language, it enjoyed a wide appeal. Smarr's study examines dialogues written by Italian and French Renaissance women, such as Catherine D'Amboise, Ma... .... Learn More -
Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages: A Medieval Source Document Reader [Paperback]
Martha A Broznya (Author)
$39.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780786420421
Published by : McFarland & Company
This corpus of original source material on the subject of gender and sexuality demonstrates how many of the debates, issues and passions of the medieval period, are not so different to those of the modern world. However, here extracts from various... .... Learn More -
Katze und Mensch: Die Geschichte einer Beziehung [Hardback]
Erhard Oeser (Author)
$60.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783534182442
Published by : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft
Despite their independence, cats have enjoyed (one hopes) a relationship with humans that has lasted for thousands of years. Literally millions of cats were mummified in Egypt while excavations of Neolithic sites in the Near East have uncovered ma... .... Learn More