Religion
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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 -
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, City of London: An archaeological Reconstruction and History [Paperback]
John Schofield (Author); Richard Lea (Author)
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ISBN: 9781901992458
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Volume: 24
This is an archaeological, architectural and historical study of one of the largest complexes of buildings in the medieval City of London, but one which is largely unknown and of which only two fragments survive above ground today. It is the fi... .... Learn More -
Love of Self and Love of God in Thirteenth Century Ethics [Paperback]
Thomas M. Osborne (Author)
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ISBN: 9780268037222
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
This book covers an important, but often neglected, aspect of medieval ethics, namely the controversy over whether or not it is possible to love God more than oneself through natural powers alone. In debating this topic, thirteenth-century philoso... .... Learn More -
Saints Lives in Middle English Collections [Paperback]
E. Gordon Whatley (Editor); Robert K. Upchurch (Editor); Anne B. Thompson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781580440899
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
Middle English texts with notes and introductory remarks of St Andrew, St George, St Jerome, St Thais, St Benedict and St Scholastica, St Austin, St Francis and St Julian, taken from the South English Lengendary and the Scottish Legendary among ot... .... Learn More -
Day of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France [Hardback]
Robert F. Berkhofer (Author)
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ISBN: 9780812237962
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
As the Middle Ages progressed the lords of France began to regulate and organise their raising of funds, rather than relying on the more traditional methods of extortion and pillage. This detailed study focuses on five large Benedictine monaste... .... Learn More -
The Deeds of Pope Innocent III [Paperback]
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ISBN: 9780813214887
Published by : Catholic University of America Press
Written by an anonymous author, The Deeds of Pope Innocent III presents a contemporary biography of the first ten years (1198-1208) of the pontificate of `one of the most important popes in history'. Clearly written by someone who knew the pope... .... Learn More -
Sanctifying Signs: Making Christian Tradition in Late Medieval England [Paperback]
David Aers (Author)
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ISBN: 9780268020224
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
In this book David Aers examines Christian literature, theology and culture in the late medieval period and especially debates over orthodoxy. By studying a range of texts including Piers Plowman, and those by John Wyclif, William Langland and ... .... Learn More -
Romanesque Art: Problems and Monuments [Hardback]
Willibald Sauerlander (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828999
Published by : Pindar Press
Two volumes collating updated versions of Professor Sauerländer's written work on Romanesque art. Subjects include: structures, problems of classification, the geography of Romanesque art, and its development in Italy and the Empire. .... Learn More -
Shaping Sacred Space and Institutional Identity in Romanesque Mural Painting: Essays in Honour of Otto Demus [Hardback]
Thomas E. A. Dale (Editor); John Mitchell (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781899828425
Published by : Pindar Press
Romanesque mural painting was arguably the most visible field for religious images in Western churches between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Beyond its traditional justification as Bible of the illiterate mural painting demarcated the pri... .... Learn More -
Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne, Essex: Archaeological Excavations for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project [Paperback]
Bruno Barber (Author); Steve Chew (Author); T. Dyson (Author); Bill White (Author)
Regular Price: £18.95
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ISBN: 9781901992380
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Volume: 18
The Cistercian monastery of St Mary Stratford Langthorne once stood on land south of the new Jubilee Line station at Stratford. Excavations 1973-94 recorded large parts of the monastic church, cemetery and related buildings. Topics include the ... .... Learn More
