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  • The Rhetorical Arts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland

    av Brian James Stone ...
    Serie serie Knowledge Communities
    The Rhetorical Arts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Ireland represents the first study of the art of rhetoric in medieval Ireland, a culture often neglected by medieval rhetorical studies. In a series of three case studies, Brian James Stone traces the textual transmission of rhetorical theories and practices from the late Roman period to those early Irish monastic communities who would not ... Läs mer

    641,67 kr

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  • Misconceptions About the Middle Ages

    Redigerad av Stephen Harris, Bryon L. Grigsby ...
    Serie serie Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
    Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to "The Da Vinci Code." Never has there been a moment more propitious for a study of our misconceptions of the Middle Ages than now.Ranging across religion, art, and science, Misconceptions about the Middle Ages unravels some of the many misinterpretations that have evolved concerning the medieval period, including ... Läs mer

    721,90 kr

  • The Birth of Territory

    av Stuart Elden ...
    Political theory professor Stuart Elden explores the history of land ownership and control from the ancient to the modern world in The Birth of Territory.Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial ... Läs mer

    130,37 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Enchanted Europe:Superstition, Reason, and Religion 1250-1750

    Superstition, Reason, and Religion 1250-1750

    av Euan Cameron ...
    Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called 'superstitious' by educated elites.For centuries religious believers used 'superstition' as a term of abuse to denounce another religion that they thought inferior, or to ... Läs mer

    268,84 kr

  • The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture

    Redigerad av Andrew Galloway ...
    Serie serie Cambridge Companions to Culture
    The cultural life of England over the long period from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation was rich and varied, in ways that scholars are only now beginning to understand in detail. This Companion introduces a wide range of materials that constitute the culture, or cultures, of medieval England, across fields including political and legal history, archaeology, social history, art history, ... Läs mer

    310,36 kr

  • The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature

    Redigerad av Clare A. Lees ...
    Serie serie The New Cambridge History of English Literature
    Informed by multicultural, multidisciplinary perspectives, The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature offers a new exploration of the earliest writing in Britain and Ireland, from the end of the Roman Empire to the mid-twelfth century. Beginning with an account of writing itself, as well as of scripts and manuscript art, subsequent chapters examine the earliest texts from England, ... Läs mer

    620,62 kr

  • Saint Patrick Retold

    The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron Saint

    av Roy Flechner ...
    A gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint PatrickSaint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by rumors that he settled in Ireland for financial gain, the man who was to become Ireland’s patron saint battled against great odds before succeeding ... Läs mer

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  • Understanding Celtic Religion

    Revisiting the Pagan Past

    av Katja Ritari, Alexandra Bergholm ...
    Serie serie New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology
    Although it has long been acknowledged that the early Irish literary corpus preserves both pre-Christian and Christian elements, the challenges involved in the understanding of these different strata have not been subjected to critical examination. This volume draws attention to the importance of reconsidering the relationship between religion and mythology, as well as the concept of ‘Celtic ... Läs mer

    334,14 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Suicide in the Middle Ages: Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder

    av Alexander Murray ...
    A group of men dig a tunnel under the threshold of a house. Then they go and fetch a heavy, sagging object from inside the house, pull it out through the tunnel, and put it on a cow-hide to be dragged off and thrown into the offal-pit. Why should the corpse of a suicide – for that is what it is– have earned this unusual treatment? In The Curse on Self-Murder, the second volume of his three-part ... Läs mer

    687,19 kr

  • Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England

    av Emily V. Thornbury ...
    Serie Bok 88 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
    Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first list of named poets in Anglo-Saxon England. Its survey of known poets identifies four social roles that poets often ... Läs mer

    416,68 kr

  • Trafficking with Demons

    Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000

    av Martha Rampton ...
    Trafficking with Demons explores how magic was perceived, practiced, and prohibited in western Europe during the first millennium CE. Through the overlapping frameworks of religion, ritual, and gender, Martha Rampton connects early Christian reckonings with pagan magic to later doctrines and dogmas. Challenging established views on the role of women in ritual magic during this period, Rampton ... Läs mer

    277,72 kr

  • Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers

    av G.R. Evans ...
    Serie serie Routledge Key Guides
    Focussing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers is an accessible introduction to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview. Including such diverse figures as Bede and Wyclif, each entry presents a biographical outline, a list of works and a summary of their main theories, alongside ... Läs mer

    427,74 kr