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Dante on View opens an important new dimension in Dante studies: for the first time a collection of essays analyses the presence of the Italian Medieval poet Dante Alighieri in the visual and perfor……続きを見る

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the ……続きを見る

Old English verse and prose depict the human mind as a corporeal entity located in the chest cavity, susceptible to spatial and thermal changes corresponding to the psychological states: it was thou……続きを見る

After Robert Armin joined the Chamberlain's Men, singing in Shakespeare's dramas catapulted from 1.25 songs and 9.95 lines of singing per play to 3.44 songs and 29.75 lines of singing, a virtually u……続きを見る

Britain of the fifteenth century was rife with social change, religious dissent, and political upheaval. Amid this ferment lived John CapgraveーAustin friar, doctor of theology, leading figure in Ea……続きを見る

Premodern Scotland: Literature and Governance 1420-1587 brings together original essays by a group of international scholars to offer fresh and ground-breaking research into the 'advice to princes' ……続きを見る

La presente edición de la Historia del abad don Juan de Montemayor rescata una de las leyendas medievales de mayor fama y difusión en las relaciones literarias de España y Portugal, gestada en una f……続きを見る

Esta obra se propone estudiar las ideas geográficas en la España medieval, con particular atención a los siglos XIII, XIV y XV y en sus relaciones con las fuentes griegas y latinas del período clási……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "Cantar de mío Cid" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El cantar de mío Cid es una obra épica y se supone que fue escrita alrededor del año 1.200. Se considera como la primera ……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "Los cuentos de Canterbury" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Geoffrey Chaucer escribió, a finales del siglo XIV, una recopilación de relatos en verso titulados Cuentos de Can……続きを見る

From the twelfth century onwards, medieval English writers adapted the conventions of high literary culture to establish themselves as recognized authors and claim a significant place for works of i……続きを見る

This volume is based on possibly the biggest single Europe-wide project in urban history. In 1955 the International Commission for the History of Towns established the European historic towns atlas ……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte des Nibelungen avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! L'origine du terme «Nibelungen» est loin d'être claire. Dans la première partie de la Chanson des Nibelungen, il désigne les……続きを見る

Este ebook presenta "El Libro de buen amor", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El Libro de buen amor, también llamado Libro de los cantares, es una obra del maestra de clerecía del siglo XIV. Es ……続きを見る

This book argues that the traditional relationship between the act of confessing and the act of remembering is manifested through the widespread juxtaposition of confession and memory in Middle Engl……続きを見る

First published in 1970, this work provides an overview of the Romance from the medieval period to the 20th century and tracks how the genre has changed with time, including its interaction with oth……続きを見る

First published in 1971, this work examines the tradition of the epic and the many forms in which it has presented itself over time. After unpicking the defining aspects of an epic, the book tracks ……続きを見る

Nonmodern Iberia was a fluid space of shifting political kingdoms and culturally diverse communities. Scholars have long used a series of obsolete investigative frameworks such as the Reconquista, a……続きを見る

Biblical poetry, written between the fourth and eleventh centuries, is an eclectic body of literature that disseminated popular knowledge of the Bible across Europe. Composed mainly in Latin and sub……続きを見る

Step back in time and learn all about the art and literature of the Middle Ages. You will notice that the dominant art form of an era reflects what life was like back then. You will see familiar str……続きを見る

Technology was very limited during the Middle Ages. Everything had to be done manually and, of course, it wasn’t easy. Hop into a time machine and go back to the times of cobbled steps, peasants, kn……続きを見る

Understanding Dante's spiritual masterpiece Dante's Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the most significant works of literature ever written. It is renowned not only for its ability to ……続きを見る

Nationalism, like medieval romance literature, recasts history as a mythologized and seamless image of reality. Living in the Future analyzes how the anachronistic nationalist fantasies in Geoffrey ……続きを見る

This carefully researched monograph is a historical investigation of the illustrated Aratea astronomical manuscript and its many interpretations over the centuries*.* Aratus' 270 B.C.E. Greek poem d……続きを見る

Robin Hood' von Anastasius Grün ist ein Buch, das nicht nur Liebhaber von Abenteuergeschichten begeistern wird, sondern auch diejenigen anspricht, die an gesellschaftlichen Themen interessiert sind.……続きを見る

Ecocritical thinking has sensitized us more than ever before to the tremendous importance of water for human life, as it is richly reflected in the world of literature. The great relevance of water ……続きを見る

This collection of essays analyzes global depictions of the devil from theological, Biblical, and literary perspectives, spanning the late Middle Ages to the 21st century. The chapters explore demon……続きを見る

Wenzel presents the history of the concept of acedia, of spiritual sloth," from its origins among the Egyptian desert monks through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The investigation proceeds in ……続きを見る

By focusing on one literary character, as interpreted in both verbal art and visual art at a point midway in time between the author’s era and our own, this study applies methodology appropriate for……続きを見る

This book is concerned with the idea of character and the methods of representing it in ancient and medieval narrative fiction, and shows how late classical and medieval authors adopted techniques a……続きを見る