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Fictions of Witness in the Confessio Amantis details the first years of the Confessio’s material history and offers a major revision to a century’s old narrative of political revision and conversion……続きを見る

Described as ‘the most beautiful book ever printed’ previous research has focused on the printing history of the Hypnerotomachia and its copious literary sources. This monograph critically engages w……続きを見る

This is Not a Grail Romance provides answers to some of the most important questions surrounding the medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Historia Peredur vab Efrawc, one of the few surviving medieval Wels……続きを見る

An interdisciplinary and trans-historical investigation of the representation of ethics in Arthurian Literature. From its earliest days, the Arthurian legend has been preoccupied with questions of g……続きを見る

If you have ever stood amongst the barrows on a hilltop in England and wondered about the spirituality that existed in this land before the Romans brought Christianity to its shores, then this book ……続きを見る

In pursuing how fourteenth-century English texts engage with philosophical, intellectual, and theological questions, the work of Denise N. Baker has powerfully shaped the field of medieval studies. ……続きを見る

A newly identified medieval play for the Feast of Fools, with a new English translation and musical edition ready for performance. Scholars and non-scholars alike have long been fascinated by the me……続きを見る

New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia but Bohemia came to him when, in 1382, King Richard II of England married Ann……続きを見る

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning the years from 900 to 1500 and traversing geographical bo……続きを見る

First published in 1975, The English Morality Play is the extended history of the English morality play, its persistence and flourishing as a dramatic tradition. The book sheds light on the intellec……続きを見る

Hybridity in the Literature of Medieval England offers a wide-ranging exploration of hybridity in medieval English literature. Anxiety about hybridity surfaces in characters of mixed ethnic identity……続きを見る

Over the course of the Middle Ages, the economies of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa became more closely integrated, fostering the international and intercontinental journeys of merchants, pilgrim……続きを見る

Why did Saint Augustine ask God to “circumcise [his] lips”? Why does Sir Gawain cut off the Green Knight’s head on the Feast of the Circumcision? Is Chaucer’s Wife of Bath actuallyーas an early glos……続きを見る

How medieval songbooks were composed in collaboration with the communityーand across languages and societies: “Eloquent…clearly argued.”ーTimes Literary Supplement Today we usually think of a book o……続きを見る

This seminal study addresses one of the most beautifully decorated 15th-century copies of the New Statutes of England, uncovering how the manuscript's unique interweaving of legal, religious, and li……続きを見る

Just like we do today, people in medieval times struggled with the concept of human exceptionalism and the significance of other creatures. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the medieval bestiar……続きを見る

Italo Pizzi (Parma 1849 - Torino 1920) è stato uno dei maggiori orientalisti italiani di ogni tempo. Docente di Persiano e di Filologia indo-iranica all’Università di Torino e vice bibliotecario del……続きを見る

In 'Lightning, Thunder and Lightning Conductors,' Gerald Molloy delves into the scientific and historical significance of lightning conductors, exploring their role in protecting buildings and struc……続きを見る

哈利波特、魔戒、FGO、金牌特務、變形金剛 不知道這些作品有何關連嗎？ 那你一定要看這本書 2小時讀懂西方最偉大的奇幻經典 「亞瑟王」居然源於蠻族的傳說！？ 魔法師梅林、哈利波特的魔法世界、魔戒裡的精……続きを見る

Von Wikingersagen und romantischen Rittergeschichten bis zu religiösen und philosophischen Klassikern, entdecken Sie die wandelbare und faszinierende Welt des Mittelalters mit den größten Literaturk……続きを見る

"Forty Years Among the Indians" is a memoir by Daniel W. Jones, a Baptist missionary who spent four decades living among various Native American tribes in the western United States during the mid-18……続きを見る

"The Jessamy Bride" is a novel by Frank Frankfort Moore. The story is set in the late 18th century and follows the life of a young woman named Jessamy Bride. Jessamy is the daughter of a wealthy ari……続きを見る

In 'Der Sagenkreis der Nibelungen' nimmt uns Georg Holz mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Welt der germanischen Mythologie. Das Buch entführt den Leser in die epische Geschichte von Siegfri……続きを見る

This book investigates certain recurrent structures in the history of the novel as a textual genre and as a narrative form typical of Western literature. From its origins, in the vernacular cultures……続きを見る

This book comprises a searching philosophical meditation on the evolution of the humanities in recent decades, taking Dante studies as an exemplary specimen. The contemporary currents of theory have……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

L’approdo all’ultima luce è l’elevazione che Dante ci propone, dopo sette secoli, nel tentativo di una “salvazione del mondo”. La poesia filosofica dantesca, suggestionata dall’Uno di Plotino, si co……続きを見る

The Poetry of the Medieval Troubadour, William IX of Aquitaine: The Songs that Built Europe offers a new edition, translation, and critical discussion of the songs of the first European troubadour, ……続きを見る

First English translation of one of the most influential French poems of the Middle Ages. The anonymous Ovide moralisé (Moralized Ovid), composed in France in the fourteenth century, retells and exp……続きを見る

In 1879, Canon Thomas Frederick Simmons edited the late medieval poem now known as The Lay Folks' Mass Book creating what remains the standard edition of the text. This volume shows how Simmons' int……続きを見る