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"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Author : Marie Collins
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 37,81 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780060168216
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Author : P. S. Langeslag
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1843844257
A fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.
Author : Bridget Ann Henisch
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Calendar
ISBN : 9780271019031
Henisch, an independent scholar, focuses on High Middle Ages renditions of the "Labors of the Months", a pictorial calendar convention that depicted the traditional cycle of the year revolving around seasonal activities on the land. She examines how artists chose to depict the cycle and the ways in which the conventions and assumptions of art styled the reality of agricultural drudgery into far prettier images. Fine color and b&w illustrations from manuscripts, particularly the Book of Hours.
Author : Derek Albert Pearsall
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 1992
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Piers Dixon
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 30,12 MB
Release : 2021-11-13
Category :
ISBN : 9789464270105
In this book, the various structures and economic activities of medieval and post-medieval seasonal settlements all over Europe are presented.
Author : Derek Albert Pearsall
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 069123275X
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Author : Huntington Library & Art Gallery
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : pages
File Size : 50,42 MB
Release : 1991-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780847814114
Author : Marie Collins
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Author : Thomas F. Glick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1135459320
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.