Medieval
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Al-Andalus in Motion: Travelling Concepts and Cross-Cultural Contexts [Hardback]
Rachel Scott(Contributor); AbdoolKarim Vakil(Contributor); Julian Weiss(Editor); Rachel Scott(Editor); AbdoolKarim Vakil(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781897747384
Published by : King's College London CLAMS
Series: Kings College London Medieval Studies (KCLMS)
Volume: 28
At a time when the discourse of a clash of civilisations has been re-grounded anew in scaremongering and dog-whistle politics over a Hispanic "challenge" to America and a Muslim "challenge" to European societies, and in the con... .... Learn More -
A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 700-1100 [Hardback]
Donald Scragg(Author)
$115.00ISBN: 9781843846178
Published by : D.S. Brewer
This book documents the entire corpus of scribal hands writing in the vernacular from the eighth century to post-Conquest. More than a thousand hands are listed, together with details of their work, which ranges from a few words or sentences in... .... Learn More -
Manuals for Penitents in Medieval England: from Ancrene Wisse to the Parson's Tale [Hardback]
Krista A. Murchison(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846086
Published by : D.S. Brewer
The 'bestseller list' of medieval England would have included many manuals for penitents: works that could teach the public about the process of confession, and explain the abstract concept of sin through familiar situations. Among these 'bestsell... .... Learn More -
Translation and Temporality in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie [Hardback]
Maud Burnett McInerney(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846154
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Gallica
Volume: 47
The story of the Trojan War has been told and retold across the ages, from Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid to recent film and television adaptations. The peoples of medieval Europe were especially enthralled with the tale of the si... .... Learn More -
Priests and their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England [Paperback]
Gerald P. Dyson(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781783276387
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Volume: 34
Priests were ubiquitous figures in the Anglo-Saxon world: they acted as educators, agents of royal authority, scribes, and dealers in real estate. But what set priests apart from the society in which they lived was the authority to provide pastora... .... Learn More -
Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Archibald [Hardback]
A.S.G. Edwards(Editor); Venetia Bridges(Contributor); Aisling Byrne(Contributor); Carolyne Larrington(Contributor); Helen Cooper(Contributor); A. S. G. Edwards(Editor)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846161
Published by : D.S. Brewer
The essays in this volume honour the distinguished career of Professor Elizabeth Archibald. They explore two areas that her scholarship has done so much to illuminate: medieval romance, and Arthurian literature. Several chapters examine individual... .... Learn More -
Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis: Kingship and Power [Hardback]
Gemma Wheeler(Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781843846079
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Geffrei Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis is its author's sole surviving work. His translation and adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, expanded with a number of lengthy interpolations which appear to draw upon oral traditions and oth... .... Learn More -
Saints' Legends in Medieval Sarum Breviaries: Catalogue and Studies [Hardback]
Sherry L. Reames(Author); Sherry L Reames(Author)
$220.00ISBN: 9781903153994
Published by : York Medieval Press
Series: York Manuscript and Early Print Studies
Volume: 2
Sarum Use was the most widely used form of the liturgy in late medieval England, but its service books were much less standardized than their modern counterparts. The lack of uniformity is particularly marked in Sarum breviaries' lessons on saints... .... Learn More -
A Descriptive Catalogue of the English Manuscripts of John Gower's Confessio Amantis [Hardback]
Derek Pearsall(Author); Linne R. Mooney(Author)
$165.00ISBN: 9781843846130
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Series: Publications of the John Gower Society
Volume: 15
The Confessio Amantis is John Gower's major work in English, written around the time that his acquaintance Geoffrey Chaucer was writing the Canterbury Tales. Extant manuscripts are numerous. At the end of the nineteenth century G. C.... .... Learn More -
Middle English Biblical Poetry: Romance, Audience and Tradition [Hardback]
Cathy Hume(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781843846055
Published by : D.S. Brewer
Medieval England had a thriving culture of rewriting the Bible in art, drama, and literature in Latin, French and English. Middle English biblical poetry was central to this culture, and although these poems have suffered from critical neglect, so... .... Learn More
