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Bernard Faure
From Stars to Stones

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-rit…

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A Cultural History of Education in the Medieval Age

A thematic overview of education and its place in Western society and culture in the medieval age.

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Karl Whittington
Queer Making

What role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question by referring to historical evidence about an artist?s sexual identity or to particular kinds of image…

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Approaches to the Medieval Self

The main aim of this book is to discuss various modes of studying and defining the medieval self, based on a wide span of sources from medieval Western Scandinavia, c. 800-1500, such as archeological evid…

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The Cambridge Companion to Late Medieval English Kingship

For over a hundred years scholars have written about late medieval kingship, and a vast body of published work now exists on the subject. However, in all this rich coverage, no accessible introduction to …

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E K Myerson
The Desire for Syria in Medieval England

In June 1458, two boats were cornered by pirates off the coast of Malta. Their captain - Robert Sturmy - proved no match for the notorious Genoese freebooter Giuliano Gattilusio and was summarily killed b…

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Jonathan R Lyon
Corruption, Protection and Justice in Medieval Europe

What was an "advocate" (Latin: advocatus; German: Vogt) in the Middle Ages? What responsibilities came with the position and how did they change over time? With this groundbreaking study, Jonath…

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Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World

This coursebook is the first full-length study of cinematic "legal medievalism," or the modern interpretation of medieval law in film and popular cultureFor more than a century, filmmakers have …

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Law, Justice, and Society in the Medieval World

This coursebook is the first full-length study of cinematic "legal medievalism," or the modern interpretation of medieval law in film and popular cultureFor more than a century, filmmakers have …

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Asa Simon Mittman
Cartographies of Exclusion

"Analyzes representations of Jews on medieval English Christian maps, focusing on cartographic imagery intended by royal and ecclesiastical patrons to define, constrain, and dehumanize Jews"--

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Robert Bartlett
History in Flames

The writings of the medieval period come down to us in manuscripts, which are highly vulnerable. This book explores cases in which large numbers of such manuscripts were rapidly destroyed by human force s…

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The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing

The Middle Ages laid the foundations for the long European and Middle Eastern history of voyaging, colonialism, and expansion: the Papal embassies that took over a year of overland travel to reach Mongoli…

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The Cambridge Companion to Late Medieval English Kingship

For over a hundred years scholars have written about late medieval kingship, and a vast body of published work now exists on the subject. However, in all this rich coverage, no accessible introduction to …

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Said Amir Arjomand
Messianism and Sociopolitical Revolution in Medieval Islam

"This is a fascinating account of a far too little known revolutionary tradition, essential reading for all those interested in the comparative study of revolutionary phenomena. The book is a major a…

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The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Money

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Philosophy and Money: The Ancient Near East.- Chapter 3. Philosophy and Money in Ancient Egypt.- Chapter 4. Premodern Indian Philosophical Commitments and "Money&…

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Peter Jones
Self-Help From the Middle Ages

When Dante called despair "the sin that freezes the heart," was he describing the first burnout? What can a painting by Giotto reveal about our hunger to see others fail? Can desire ever lift us…

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Krista A Milne
The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England

It is generally accepted that the contingencies of manuscript survival have disproportionately destroyed some sorts of manuscripts and not others, but there is no consensus as to which sorts. Considerable…

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Nora Berend
El Cid

"Exploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure. El Cid was perhaps the…

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Anthony Bale,
Reisen im Mittelalter

Farbig und anschaulich erzählt der Historiker Anthony Bale, wie es war, im Mittelalter durch die Welt zu reisen: Ob Pilgerinnen oder Kaufleute, Ritter, Mönche oder Spione - schon damals packte die Mensche…

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Jessica Barr
Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death

Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death investigates the tension between death as necessary for bringing about union with God and as the end of life on earth.For medieval Christians, only death could…

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