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Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe is a biography of Constance of France, sister of King Louis VII of France. Myra Bom recovers Constance’s life story and puts it in……続きを見る

Pietro dei Faitinelli, detto il Mugnone, nacque a Lucca nell’ultimo quarto del XIII° secolo, con tutta probabilità tra il 1280 e il 1290. È stato indubbiamente uno dei più interessanti poeti italian……続きを見る

Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth is the first systematic examination of how Tolkien understood racial issues, how race manifests in his oeuvre, and how race in Middle-earth, his imaginary r……続きを見る

In "Walther von der Vogelweide: Ein altdeutscher Dichter" entführt Ludwig Uhland die Leser in die faszinierende Welt der mittelhochdeutschen Lyrik und erhellt das Leben sowie das Schaffen des bedeut……続きを見る

Though not without its rivals, Latin stood at the apex of Western culture from the Renaissance until relatively recently. Fran�oise Waquet offers an enthralling, original history of the language's u……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature offers a new, inclusive, and comprehensive context to the study of medieval literature written in the English language from the Norman Conquest……続きを見る

Nella storia della cultura occidentale non sono molti i racconti che possono vantare l’impressionante fortuna di cui ha goduto il complesso di narrazioni incentrate sul destino del cavaliere Perceva……続きを見る

While critical discourse about falconry metaphors in premodern literature is dominated by depictions of women as unruly birds in need of taming, women in the Middle Ages claimed the symbol of a hawk……続きを見る

This book analyses how the three books of visions by Hildegard of Bingen use the allegorical vision as a form of knowledge. It describes how the visionary’s use of allegory and allegorical exegesis ……続きを見る

Through combinations of instructive prose and incantatory verse, liturgical rituals and herbal recipes, Latinate learning and oral tradition, the Old English remedies offer hope not only for bodily ……続きを見る

Dans "Les Troubadours: Leurs vies – leurs oeuvres – leur influence", Joseph Anglade explore la richesse de la poésie médiévale à travers les figures emblématiques des troubadours. L'ouvrage se prése……続きを見る

This collection explores the intersection of gender and mobility across the Global Middle Ages. Medieval Mobilities questions how medieval people, texts, images, and ideas move across physiological,……続きを見る

Who is the Pearl-poet? How do ideas about his life and interpretations of his poems shape our understanding of his work in late-medieval Englandーand beyond? In Becoming the Pearl-Poet: Perceptions,……続きを見る

The "rogue," a term that described criminals, prostitutes, vagrants, beggars, and the unemployed, dominated the pages of early modern popular crime literature. Rogue Sexuality resituates the rogue b……続きを見る

A canonical work of French literature that chronicles the struggles and triumphs of an African woman's attempts to navigate the oppressive colonial structures of 18th century Paris. Through her narr……続きを見る

Une œuvre canonique de la littérature française qui relate les luttes et les triomphes des tentatives d'une femme africaine de naviguer dans les structures coloniales oppressives du Paris du XVIIIe ……続きを見る

An early African American novel that tells the story of a young woman named Clotel, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and a slave. It follows her journey as she navigates the complexities of her iden……続きを見る

In The Voyage of St Brendan, A.B. Jackson tells the tale of the legendary seafaring Irish abbot. After burning a book of fantastical stories, Brendan is compelled to sail the ocean with a crew of si……続きを見る

In 'De Ridderromantiek der Franse en Duitse Middeleeuwen' onderzoekt Vald. Vedel het rijke culturele en literaire erfgoed van de middeleeuwse ridderromantiek, met een focus op zowel Franse als Duits……続きを見る

Imagining Iberia in English and Castilian Medieval Romance offers a broad disciplinary, linguistic, and national focus by analyzing the literary depiction of Iberia in two European vernaculars that ……続きを見る

Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 brings a holistic and comparative perspective to “plague writing” from the later Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It ar……続きを見る

Medieval romances were widely condemned by early modern thinkers: the genre of questing knights and marvellous adventure was decried as bloody, bawdy and superstitious. Despite such proclamations, t……続きを見る

Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, ‘The Prose Edda’ is an Old Norse language Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Ed……続きを見る

**A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia “Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book his……続きを見る

A compilation of insightful essays and speeches by the renowned abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass. This collection brings together some of his most powerful and eloquent writings on the is……続きを見る

A compelling biography of one of the most controversial and significant figures in American history. John Brown was a white abolitionist who led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859……続きを見る

A powerful and inspiring biography of one of the most remarkable figures in American history. Written by Sarah H. Bradford, a friend and contemporary of Tubman, the book chronicles the life of a wom……続きを見る

"Il Quadriregio" di Federico Frezzi è un'opera poetica di profondo valore letterario e culturale, composta all'inizio del XV secolo. Il testo, scritto in forma di poesia narrativa, si presenta come ……続きを見る

Dante e gli Ebrei: Studio di Flaminio Servi affronta il complesso rapporto tra il sommo poeta fiorentino Dante Alighieri e la cultura ebraica, approfondendo i temi religiosi e filosofici della Divin……続きを見る

Le 'Chiose alla cantica dell'Inferno' di Jacopo Alighieri rappresentano un'opera di commento e analisi al celebre poema di suo padre, Dante Alighieri. In questo testo, Jacopo esamina dettagliatament……続きを見る