Society & Culture
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Representations of Eve in Antiquity and the English Middle Ages [Hardback]
John Flood (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780415877961
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This book systematically explores the different ways in which Eve was understood by Christians in antiquity and in the English Middle Ages, and it relates these understandings to female social roles. Beginning with material from the bible, the ... .... Learn More -
Sanctuary and Crime in the European Middle Ages, 400-1500 [Hardback]
Karl Shoemaker (Author)
£56.50ISBN: 9780823232680
Published by : Fordham University Press
Until the sixteenth century, every major medieval legal tradition afforded protections to fugitive criminals who took sanctuary in churches. Sanctuary-seeking criminals might have been required to perform penance or go into exile, but they were... .... Learn More -
Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing Patterns [Hardback]
Else Ostergard (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9788779342989
Published by : Aarhus University Press
During an excavation at Herjolfsnes in Greenland approximately a hundred years ago, a sensational find of well-preserved Norse garments was made, including childrens clothing. This book is a practical guide for all those who wish to sew their o... .... Learn More -
Witch Beliefs and Witch Trials in the Middle Ages: Documents and Readings [Hardback]
P G Maxwell-Stuart (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781441149657
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
This collection contains English translations of a vast array of the key documents for developing attitudes towards witchcraft in the Later Middle Ages, as practices connected to witchcraft came to be codified, condemned and increasingly subjec... .... Learn More -
Witch Beliefs and Witch Trials in the Middle Ages: Documents and Readings [Paperback]
P G Maxwell-Stuart (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9781441109804
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
This collection contains English translations of a vast array of the key documents for developing attitudes towards witchcraft in the Later Middle Ages, as practices connected to witchcraft came to be codified, condemned and increasingly subjec... .... Learn More -
Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture [Hardback]
Andrew Galloway (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780521856898
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, across fields including political and legal history, archaeology, social history, art history, religion and the history of educat... .... Learn More -
Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture [Paperback]
Andrew Galloway (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780521673273
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, across fields including political and legal history, archaeology, social history, art history, religion and the history of educat... .... Learn More -
Production of Books in England, 1350-1530 [Hardback]
Alexandra Gillespie (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9780521889797
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time;... .... Learn More -
Imprisoning Medieval Women: The Non-Judicial Confinement and Abduction of Women in England, c.1170-1509 [Hardback]
Gwen Seabourne (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9781409417880
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interacti... .... Learn More -
Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician [Hardback]
Elizabeth Eva Leach (Author)
£39.50ISBN: 9780801449338
Published by : Cornell Univ Press
At once a royal secretary, a poet, and a composer, Guillaume de Machaut was one of the most protean and creative figures of the late Middle Ages. Rather than focus on a single strand of his remarkable career, Elizabeth Eva Leach gives us a book... .... Learn More