Book Description
Includes alphabetically arranged entries on the material culture of Chaucer's England and on the customs, rituals, and beliefs of the medieval world.
Author : Shannon L. Rogers
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Includes alphabetically arranged entries on the material culture of Chaucer's England and on the customs, rituals, and beliefs of the medieval world.
Author : Bruce W. Holsinger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780804740586
Ranging chronologically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and thematically from Latin to vernacular literary modes, this book challenges standard assumptions about the musical cultures and philosophies of the European Middle Ages. Engaging a wide range of premodern texts and contexts, the author argues that medieval music was quintessentially a practice of the flesh. It will be of compelling interest to historians of literature, music, religion, and sexuality, as well as scholars of cultural, gender, and queer studies.
Author : Seth Lerer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300125979
A collection of essays on Chaucer's poetry, this guide provides up-to-date information on the history and textual contexts of Chaucer's work, on the ranges of critical interpretation, and on the poet's place in English and European literary history.
Author : Anne Curry
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780851158143
The notion of service was ingrained in medieval culture, and not just as part of the wider concept of patronage. These studies examine the nature and importance of service in the 14th and 15th centuries in a variety of contexts.
Author : Joyce E. Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 33,68 MB
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0429584237
Originally published in 1993, The Medieval World of Nature looks at how the natural world was viewed by medieval society. The book presents the argument that the pragmatic medieval view of the natural world of animals and plants, existed simply to serve medieval society. It discusses the medieval concept of animals as food, labour, and sport and addresses how the biblical charge of assuming dominion over animals and plants, was rooted in the medieval sensibility of control. The book also looks at the idea of plants and animals as not only pragmatic, but as allegories within the medieval world, utilizing animals to draw morality tales, which were viewed with as much importance as scientific information. This book provides a unique and interesting look at the everyday medieval world.
Author : Margaret Aston
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 1997
Category : England
ISBN : 9780750911948
A series of essays on the Lollards, a religious movement founded by John Wycliffe in the late 14th century, which scrutinises the relationship between Lollardy and the nobility, based on the proceedings of a conference held in Cambridge in 1995.
Author : Sophie Page
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802085115
"Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts describes the complexity of western medieval astrology and its place in society, as revealed by a wealth of illustrated manuscripts and historical background."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Chiara Frugoni
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226266343
An opportunity to experience the daily hustle and bustle of life in the late Middle Ages, A Day in a Medieval City provides a captivating dawn-to-dark account of medieval life. A visual trek through the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries--with seasoned medieval historian Chiara Frugoni as guide--this book offers a vast array of images and vignettes that depict the everyday hardships and commonplace pleasures of people living in the Middle Ages. A Day in a Medieval City breathes life into the activities of city streets, homes, fields, schools, and places of worship. With entertaining anecdotes and gritty details, it engages the modern reader with its discoveries of the religious, economic, and institutional practices of the day. From urban planning and education to child care, hygiene, and the more leisurely pursuits of games, food, books, and superstitions, Frugoni unearths the daily routines of private and public life. Beginning in the countryside and moving to the city and inside private homes, stunning color images throughout offer a visual ramble through medieval Florence, Venice, and Rome. A Day in a Medieval City is a charming portal to the Middle Ages that you'll surely want with you on your travels to Europe--or in your armchair.
Author : Patrick Collinson
Publisher :
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
This is a lavishly illustrated history of Britain's greatest cathedral from its Anglo-Saxon origins to the late twentieth century. Seven chronological chapters tell the fascinating story of Canterbury from 597, while a further five thematic chapters discuss the Cathedral School, the Archives and Library, the liturgy and music, and the monuments within the Cathedral. The contributors are all leading scholars and their chapters are based on the most up-to-date research. Their emphasis is on the people who, over the centuries, have formed the community of Canterbury and continued the tradition of Christian worship there for over a thousand years. A History of Canterbury Cathedral will be essential for readers with an interest in the Cathedral, as well as for scholars and students of cultural, religious, ecclesiastical, and architectural history.
Author : John R. Butler
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,5 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300068955
In January 1888, workmen excavating in the eastern crypt of Canterbury Cathedral discovered the bones of a skeleton many believed to be that of the martyred archbishop, Thomas Beckett. This book traces the full history of `Beckett's bones', from their alleged destruction by Henry VIII's commissioners during the Reformation to the present day. Includes fascinating observations, such as the unexpected discovery by workmen in 1865 of Dante's bones concealed in a wooden box a short distance from his empty tomb.