Language & Literature

ISBN: 9780674987531
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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The Tria sunt, named for its opening words, was a widely used and highly ambitious book composed in England in the late fourteenth century during a revival of interest in the art of poetry and prose. The backbone of this comprehensive guide to wr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198205562
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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This volume presents, for the first time, an edition and facing English translation of all of the stories that belong to the Anglo-Latin corpus of the immensely popular and influential collection of moralized stories from the Middle Ages, known as... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153826
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
Volume: v. 5
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From the Gregorian reforms to the Protestant Reformation, heresies and heretics helped shape the religious, political and institutional structures of medieval Europe. Within this larger history of religious ferment, the late medieval period presen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843845089
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages
Volume: v. 2
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Birds featured in many aspects of medieval people's lives, not least in their poetry. But despite their familiar presence in literary culture, it is still often assumed that these representations have little to do with the real natural world. By a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869771569
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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For the will desires not to be dark, and this very desire causes the darkness” (Jacob Boehme). Moving through the fundamental question of this paradox, this book offers a constellation of theoretical and critical essays that shed light on the dark... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843844976
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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The body of short Middle English poems conventionally known as lyrics is characterized by wonderful variety. Taking many different forms, and covering an enormous number of subjects, these poems have proved at once attractive and challenging for m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843845102
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Studies in Medieval Romance
Volume: v. 21
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Romances were immensely popular with medieval readers, as evidenced by their ubiquity in manuscripts and early print. The essays collected here deal with the textual transmission of medieval romances in England and Scotland, combining this with in... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199687312
Published by : Oxford University Press
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This book is a general introduction to the structures of the different medieval Romance vernaculars most commonly known as Old or Medieval Spanish, as preserved in texts from Spain from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries. After discussing gen... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785709753
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insight in Archaeology
Volume: 4
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The aim of this book is to promote the thesis that myth may illuminate archaeology and that on occasion archaeology may shed light on myth. Medieval Irish literature is rich in mythic themes and some of these are used as a starting point. Some myt... .... Learn More