Language & Literature
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The Portrait of Abū i-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī [Hardback]
Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī (Author); Emily Sealove (Editor); Geert Jan van Gelder (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9781913604042
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
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New translation and commentary on the 11th century tale of a Baghdadi party-crasher in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, written in prose but containing numerous poems, is widely hailed among scholars as... .... Learn More -
On the Darkness of the Will [Paperback]
Nicola Masciandaro (Author)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869771569
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
"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 dar... .... Learn More -
Apocalypse and Reform from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages [Paperback]
Matthew Gabriele (Editor)
Regular Price: £29.99
Special Price: £21.00
ISBN: 9781138684041
Published by : Routledge
Apocalypse and Reform provides a range of perspectives on what reformist apocalypticism meant for the formation of Medieval Europe, from the Fall of Rome to the Twelfth-Century. This book challenges accepted narratives about both the development o... .... Learn More -
Studies in Arthurian Illustration Volume 1 [Hardback]
Alison Stones (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597377
Published by : Pindar Press
Volume: 1
Alison Stones has taught History of Art and Architecture in the USA since 1969 and has enjoyed Visiting Fellowships at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Paris. She is a specialist in illuminated manuscripts, co-authoring Les Manuscrits de... .... Learn More -
Myth and Materiality [Paperback]
John Waddell (Author)
£15.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781785709753
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 4
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 -
The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1. The Middle Ages [Hardback]
Karen A. Winstead (Author)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9780198707035
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford History of Life-Writing
The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1: The Middle Ages explores the richness and variety of life-writing from late Antiquity to the threshold of the Renaissance. During the Middle Ages, writers from Bede to Chaucer were thinking about life ... .... Learn More -
Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France [Hardback]
Tracy Adams (Author)
Regular Price: £58.95
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9780271050713
Published by : Penn State University Press
In Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France, Tracy Adams offers a reevaluation of Christine de Pizan's literary engagement with contemporary politics. Adams locates Christine's works within a detailed narrative of the complex history of the dis... .... Learn More -
Carmina Burana, Volume II [Hardback]
David A. Traill (Editor)
Regular Price: £19.95
Special Price: £10.00
ISBN: 9780674980976
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Carmina Burana, literally “Songs from Beuern,” is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. Compiled in the thirteenth c... .... Learn More -
Viewing Disability in Medieval Spanish Texts: Disgraced or Graced [Hardback]
Connie L. Scarborough (Author)
Regular Price: £94.00
Special Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9789089648754
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Series: Premodern Health, Disease, and Disability
This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge. Connie L. Scarborough shows that physical impairments wer... .... Learn More -
Religion, Cults & Rituals in the Medieval Rural Environment: Religion, Kulte und Rituale in der mittelalterlichen bäuerlichen Umgebung | Réligion, cultes et rituels au milieu rural médiéval [Paperback]
Christiane Bis-Worch (Editor); Claudia Theune (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9789088904868
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: RURALIA
Volume: XI
The study of belief, faith and religious practices can provide a deep insight into historical societies, whether Christian, Muslim, Jewish or pagan. They form a constant of human behaviour. Through religion, cult and rituals, multi-layered and com... .... Learn More
