Language & Literature

ISBN: 9781409441847
Published by : Routledge
Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
As Cardinal Hugolino and as pope, Gregory was one of the dominant figures in the history of the papacy of the High Middle Ages. His pontificate was a key stage in the development of papal relations with many of the realms of Christendom, as well a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789462985988
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Series: Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
Volume: 2
The role played by women in the evolution of religious art and architecture has been largely neglected. This study of upper-class women in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries corrects that oversight, uncovering the active role they undertook in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846827327
Published by : Four Courts Press
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This study explores the learned Gaelic families (poets, historians and physicians) and the context in which they lived. A wide-ranging survey, it looks at the landholdings and structures of individual learned families that were settled in Thomond ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199697168
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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St Anselm (d. 1109) is the most interesting theologian and philosopher of his time. In many respects, his career encapsulates the principal intellectual, religious, and political developments of high medieval Europe. In 1060, Anselm took monastic ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783273553
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
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Reading, writing, sharing texts, and book ownership in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and how they fostered social and intellectual links and networks between individuals, particularly among women: these are subjects which the pioneering w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153864
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
Volume: v. 6
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In the final years of the fourteenth century, waves of persecution shattered German-speaking Waldensian communities, with the scale of inquisitions matching or even greater than the better-known trials in southern France. In the middle of the pers... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153871
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages
Volume: v. 7
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The Inquisition played a central role in European history. It moulded societies by enforcing religious and intellectual unity; it helped develop the judicial and police techniques which are the basis of those used today; and it helped lay the foun... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780719097881
Published by : Manchester University Press
Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
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Le Chevalier au barisel is an established part of the Old French literary canon, but up to now it has not been available in English. This translation offers a vibrant but scholarly version of the exciting short story, suitable for a wide readershi... .... Learn More

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