Religion
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Her Life Historical: Exemplarity and Female Saints Lives in Late Medieval England [Hardback]
Catherine Sanok (Author)
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ISBN: 9780812239867
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval Englandthe lives of female saintsand one of the period's primary modes of interpretation - exemplarity. With lucidity and insight, Ca... .... Learn More -
In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture [Hardback]
John James (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597360
Published by : Pindar Press
John James is an Australian architect and medieval historian. Since 1969, he has been searching for the origins of the Gothic style, beginning with a five-year study of Chartres cathedral. At that time there were no coherent techniques for analysi... .... Learn More -
A Faithful Sea [Paperback]
Adnan A. Husain (Editor); K.E. Fleming (Editor)
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Between Text and Territory: Survey and Excavations in the Terra of San Vincenzo al Volturno [Paperback]
Kim Bowes (Author); Karen Francis (Author); Richard Hodges (Author)
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ISBN: 9780904152487
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 16
The San Vincenzo Project, focused upon the Benedictine monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, in central Italy, was launched in 1980. In addition to developing the archaeological potential of the well-known ninth-century painted crypt of San L... .... Learn More -
The Holy Bureaucrat: Eudes Rigaud and Religious Reform in Thirteenth Century Normandy [Hardback]
Adam J. Davis (Author)
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ISBN: 9780801444746
Published by : Cornell University Press
Explores the fascinating career of Eudes Rigaud, the Franciscan theologian at the University of Paris and archbishop of Rouen. Davis describes the collision between the world as it was and as Eudes Rigaud wished it to be, as well as the mechani... .... Learn More -
Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes & Interactions -- An international Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004 [Hardback]
Anders Andren (Author)
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ISBN: 9789189116818
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, histor... .... Learn More -
The Rose Window: Splendour and Symbol [Hardback]
Painton Cowan (Author)
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ISBN: 9780500511749
Published by : Thames and Hudson
This beautifully illustrated book is the first systematic study of the rose window, both as a feature of Gothic architecture and as an artform in its own right. After a brief overview of the history of the rose, four chapters trace the evolutio... .... Learn More -
"That Old Pride of the Men of the Auvergne" - Laity and Church in Auvergnat Romanesque Sculpture [Hardback]
Avital Heyman (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828975
Published by : Pindar Press
The title is an allusion to the description by Suger, Abbot of St. Denis, of the men of the Auvergne. Suger depicts that old pride in a chapter of his Deeds of Louis the Fat, which chronicles the arrival of King Louis VI in the region (1122 and 11... .... Learn More -
The Priory and Parish Church of St. Mary Beddgelert [Paperback]
Alan Bott (Author); Margaret Dunn (Author)
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ISBN: 9780952885498
Published by : Coastline Publications
A comprehensive illustrated guide to the priory and parish church of St. Mary, Beddgelert, comprising detailed notes on the history of Christianity in the area from the third to the 20th century and information about notable local... .... Learn More -
Bonaventure: The Life Of St Francis [Paperback]
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ISBN: 9780060576523
Published by : Harper Collins Publishers
Bonaventure (1221-1274), an Italian theologian and monk, is widely considered the greatest Franciscan mystic after St. Francis himself. Commissioned by the Franciscan Order, Bonaventure wrote this official biography of St. Francis of Assisi in 126... .... Learn More
