The Exempla, Or, Illustrative Stories from the Sermones Vulgares of Jacques de Vitry
Author : Jakob
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 1890
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Author : Jakob
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 1890
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Author : Jacques (de Vitry)
Publisher : Ayer Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Exempla
ISBN : 9780833707154
Author : Jacques (de Vitry)
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Exempla
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Author : Don Beecher
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1442699523
Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c. 1480–c. 1557) is particularly known for his dazzling anthology The Pleasant Nights. Originally published in Venice in 1550 and 1553, this collection features seventy-three folk stories, fables, jests, and pseudo-histories, including nine tales we might now designate for ‘mature readers’ and seventeen proto-fairy tales. Nearly all of these stories, including classics such as ‘Puss in Boots,’ made their first ever appearance in this collection; together, the tales comprise one of the most varied and engaging Renaissance miscellanies ever produced. Its appeal sustained it through twenty-six editions in the first sixty years. This full critical edition of The Pleasant Nights presents these stories in English for the first time in over a century. The text takes its inspiration from the celebrated Waters translation, which is entirely revised here to render it both more faithful to the original and more sparkishly idiomatic than ever before. The stories are accompanied by a rich sampling of illustrations, including originals from nineteenth-century English and French versions of the text. As a comprehensive critical and historical edition, these volumes contain far more information on the stories than can be found in any existing studies, literary histories, or Italian editions of the work. Donald Beecher provides a lengthy introduction discussing Straparola as an author, the nature of fairy tales and their passage through oral culture, and how this phenomenon provides a new reservoir of stories for literary adaptation. Moreover, the stories all feature extensive commentaries analysing not only their themes but also their fascinating provenances, drawing on thousands of analogue tales going back to ancient Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic stories. Immensely entertaining and readable, The Pleasant Nights will appeal to anyone interested in fairy tales, ancient stories, and folk creations. Such readers will also enjoy Beecher’s academically solid and erudite commentaries, which unfold in a manner as light and amusing as the stories themselves.
Author : Christoph T. Maier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,3 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521638739
A study of the Dominicans' and Franciscans' propagandist role in the thirteenth-century crusades.
Author : Margaret C. Schaus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1135459673
From women's medicine and the writings of Christine de Pizan to the lives of market and tradeswomen and the idealization of virginity, gender and social status dictated all aspects of women's lives during the middle ages. A cross-disciplinary resource, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe examines the daily reality of medieval women from all walks of life in Europe between 450 CE and 1500 CE, i.e., from the fall of the Roman Empire to the discovery of the Americas. Moving beyond biographies of famous noble women of the middles ages, the scope of this important reference work is vast and provides a comprehensive understanding of medieval women's lives and experiences. Masculinity in the middle ages is also addressed to provide important context for understanding women's roles. Entries that range from 250 words to 4,500 words in length thoroughly explore topics in the following areas: · Art and Architecture · Countries, Realms, and Regions · Daily Life · Documentary Sources · Economics · Education and Learning · Gender and Sexuality · Historiography · Law · Literature · Medicine and Science · Music and Dance · Persons · Philosophy · Politics · Political Figures · Religion and Theology · Religious Figures · Social Organization and Status Written by renowned international scholars, Women and Gender in Medieval Europe is the latest in the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages. Easily accessible in an A-to-Z format, students, researchers, and scholars will find this outstanding reference work to be an invaluable resource on women in Medieval Europe.
Author : Candace Slater
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0520318021
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Author : Ruth Mazo Karras
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 1998-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0190284226
Through a sensitive use of a wide variety of imaginative and didactic texts, Ruth Karras shows that while prostitutes as individuals were marginalized within medieval culture, prostitution as an institution was central to the medieval understanding of what it meant to be a woman. This important work will be of interest to scholars and students of history, women's studies, and the history of sexuality.
Author : Nicole M. Schulman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1136064907
Using one man as a lens, a man known variously as Folquet, Folques, Folco, and Folc, it will examine some of the important changes and developments of the period from a new, more human, perspective.
Author : Susan E. Phillips
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0271047399
In recent decades, scholars have shown an increasing interest in gossip’s social, psychological, and literary functions. The first book-length study of medieval gossip, Transforming Talk shifts the current debate and argues that gossip functions primarily as a transformative discourse, influencing not only social interactions but also literary and religious practices. Known as “jangling” in Middle English, gossip was believed to corrupt parishioners, disturb the peace, and cause civil and spiritual unrest. But gossip was also a productive cultural force; it reconfigured pastoral practice, catalyzed narrative experimentation, and restructured social and familial relationships. Transforming Talk will appeal to a diverse audience, including scholars interested in late medieval culture, religion, and society; Chaucer; and women in the Middle Ages.