Language & Literature
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St Samson of Dol and the Earliest History of Brittany, Cornwall and Wales [Hardback]
Lynette Olson (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783272181
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The First Life of St Samson of Dol (Vita Prima Samsonis) is a key text for the study of early Welsh, Cornish, Breton and indeed west Frankish history. In the twentieth century it was the subject of unresolved scholarly controversy that tended to l... .... Learn More -
Vanantius Fortunatus: Poems [Hardback]
Michael Roberts (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9780674974920
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
The eleven books of poetry by Venantius Fortunatus include well-loved hymns, figure poems, epigrams on miracles, and elegies in the voices of abandoned or exiled women. The sixth-century poet began his career in northern Italy before moving to Gau... .... Learn More -
Hilduin of Saint-Denis: The Passio S. Dionysii in Prose and Verse [Hardback]
Michael Lapidge (Author)
£158.00ISBN: 9789004341654
Published by : Brill
Series: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte
Volume: 51
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Hilduin (c. 785-c. 860), abbot of Saint-Denis in Paris and archchaplain to Louis the Pious, was one of the leading scholars and administrators of the Carolingian empire. He was the first to translate the mystical Greek writings of the pseudo-Diony... .... Learn More -
Conceptualizing the Enemy in Early Northwest Europe: Metaphors of Conflict and Alterity in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, and Early Irish Poetry [Hardback]
Karin Olsen (Author)
£64.00ISBN: 9782503552279
Published by : Brepols
Series: Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces
Volume: 6
Despite the prominence of conflicts in all mythological and heroic literature, perceptions of these conflicts and their participants are shaped by different cultural influences. Socio-economic, political, and religious factors all influence how co... .... Learn More -
Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Reome, Life of Vedast [Paperback]
Alexander O'Hara (Editor); Ian Wood (Editor)
£24.95ISBN: 9781781381779
Published by : Liverpool University Press
The Life of Columbanus is a, perhaps the, central text for the history of seventh-century monasticism. The first book of the work describes the career of the Irish monk Columbanus, while the second describes his disciples - Eustas... .... Learn More -
Perceptions of Femininity in Early Irish Society [Hardback]
Helen Oxenham (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783271160
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Was femininity in early Irish society perceived as weak and sinful, innately inferior to masculinity? Was it seen as powerful and dangerous, a threat to the peace and tranquility of male society? Or was there a more nuanced view, an understan... .... Learn More
Isidore of Seville: On the Nature of Things [Paperback]
Calvin. B. Kendall (Translator); Faith Wallis (Translator)
£25.00ISBN: 9781781382943
Published by : Liverpool University Press
For scholars in the European Middle Ages, Isidore, bishop of Seville (560? - 636) was one of the most influential authorities for understanding he natural world. Isidore's On the Nature of Things is the first work on natural science by a Christian... .... Learn More
Western Perspectives on the Mediterranean: Cultural Transfer in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages 400-800 AD [Paperback]
Andreas Fischer (Editor); I. N. Wood (Editor)
£28.99ISBN: 9781474269209
Published by : Bloomsbury
Based on close analyses of contemporary texts, and backed by an examination of the origins of the elements transferred and of the process of transmission, the contributors to this volume focus on the perception and adaptation of knowledge and cult... .... Learn More
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature: Volume 1: 800-1558 [Hardback]
Rita Copeland (Editor)
£170.00ISBN: 9780199587230
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous and diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have stimulated responses and refashio... .... Learn More
Isidore of Seville: On the Nature of Things [Hardback]
Calvin. B. Kendall (Translator); Faith Wallis (Translator)
£75.00ISBN: 9781781382936
Published by : Liverpool University Press
For scholars in the European Middle Ages, Isidore, bishop of Seville (560? - 636) was one of the most influential authorities for understanding he natural world. Isidore's On the Nature of Things is the first work on natural science by a Christian... .... Learn More
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