Medieval
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Repentant Abelard: Family, Gender, and Ethics in Peter Abelard's Carmen Ad Astralabium and Planctus [Hardback]
Juanita Feros Ruys (Author)
Regular Price: £64.99
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ISBN: 9780312240028
Published by : Palgrave
The great medieval thinker Peter Abelard is renowned for his uncompromising and radical approach to ethics and theology, a towering public figure in twelfth-century schools and monasticism. The Repentant Abelard argues, however, that later in his ... .... Learn More -
Inventions, Discoveries and Machines [Paperback]
Pierluigi Bassignana (Editor)
£28.00ISBN: 9788897644255
Published by : CB Edizioni
This book covers a crucial period of Italian history, that of the “Risorgimento” (the Resurgence period of Italian Independence) and the years following the unification, seen from an unusual perspective by Pierluigi Ba... .... Learn More -
Authorship and Publicity Before Print [Paperback]
Daniel Hobbins (Author)
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ISBN: 9780812222746
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Widely recognized by contemporaries as the most powerful theologian of his generation, Jean Gerson (1363-1429) dominated the stage of western Europe during a time of plague, fratricidal war, and religious schism. Daniel Hobbins argues for a new... .... Learn More -
Mortgage of the Past: Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050-1300) [Hardback]
Francis Oakley (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300176339
Published by : Yale University Press
Francis Oakley continues his magisterial three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this second volume in the series. Here, Oakley explores kingship from the tenth century to the b... .... Learn More -
Leonardo and Anatomy [Paperback]
Sara Taglialagamba (Editor)
£14.95ISBN: 9788895686202
Published by : CB Edizioni
Leonardo's anatomical studies actually set themselves as an ideal meeting point between artistic and scientific interests because the study of the functioning of the body was essential for artistic practice in order to achieve the correct repr... .... Learn More -
John Buridan [Hardback]
Gyula Klima (Author)
Regular Price: £94.00
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ISBN: 9780195176223
Published by : Oxford University Press
A detailed introduction to the thought of John Buridan (c.1300-1362). Aside from the fact that he taught at the University of Paris and was twice its Rector, very little is known of Buridan's life, and the book thus focuses entirely on his writ... .... Learn More -
Baroque Painting in Malta [Hardback]
Keith Sciberras (Author); Joseph Borg (Author)
£102.00ISBN: 9789993272496
Published by : Midsea Books
The story of Baroque painting in Malta reflects that of the Italian peninsula and, in many ways, can be directly integrated within it. In terms of quantity, the island was impressively prolific. In terms of quality, works vary tremendously. There ... .... Learn More -
Engaging with Nature: Essays on the Natural World in Medieval and Early Modern Europe [Paperback]
Barbara Hanawalt (Editor); Lisa J. Kiser (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780268030834
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
This collection of essays looks at the interaction between humans and nature, at medieval ideas and conceptions of nature, and at the use of animals and the natural world as literary and cultural devices. Topics include the physical dependence ... .... Learn More -
Aspects of Power and Authority in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Brenda Bolton (Author); C. E. Meek (Author)
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ISBN: 9782503527352
Published by : Brepols
18 essays based around the theme of the 2003 Leeds IMC. The papers are grouped under three headings. Image-Making looks at how power and authority were legitimised and represented, with essays on Charles I of Anjou, a comparative study of Cnut ... .... Learn More -
From Duccio's Maestà to Raphael's Transfiguration: Italian Altarpieces in Their Settings [Hardback]
Christa Gardner Von Teuffel (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828937
Published by : Pindar Press
Christa Gardner von Teuffels studies of Italian altarpieces have provided fundamental insights concerning the original structure and setting of some of the canonical monuments of Italian late medieval and Renaissance painting. Studies of panel typ... .... Learn More
