Language & Literature
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St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire: Volume 1, History, Archaeology and Architecture [eBook (PDF)]
Warwick Rodwell(Author)
£0.00Published by : Oxbow Books
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St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, is a red... .... 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 -
Medieval Welsh Poems [Paperback]
Joseph P Clancy (Author)
£24.95ISBN: 9781851827831
Published by : Four Courts Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
An anthology of 150 Welsh poems, covering the 6th to 16th century, which are all translated into English. The poems, which include courtly lyrics, battle cries and laments for dead princes, evoke a medieval Welsh society in which courage, loyalty ... .... Learn More -
Miracles in Medieval Canonization Processes: Structures, Functions, and Methodologies [Hardback]
Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (Editor); Christian Krotzl (Editor)
Regular Price: £68.00
Special Price: £52.00
ISBN: 9782503573137
Published by : Brepols
Series: International Medieval Research
Volume: 23
When a beneficiary or an eye-witness to a miracle met a scribe at a saint’s shrine or a notary at a canonization hearing, it was necessary to establish that the experience was miraculous. Later, the same incident may have been re-told by the clerg... .... 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 -
The White Nuns: Cistercian Abbeys for Women in Medieval France [Hardback]
Constance Hoffman Berman (Author)
Regular Price: £74.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9780812250107
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
Series: The Middle Ages Series
Modern studies of the religious reform movement of the central Middle Ages have often relied on contemporary accounts penned by Cistercian monks, who routinely exaggerated the importance of their own institutions while paying scant attention to th... .... Learn More -
Myth and Materiality [Paperback]
John Waddell (Author)
£15.99ISBN: 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
