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Author : James Bruce Ross,Mary Martin McLaughlin
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : English literature
ISBN : UOM:39015025114862
The world of the Middle Ages brought to life through a rich variety of writings from four centuries.
Author : Norman F. Cantor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009787651
First hand accounts of the Middle Ages including letters, essays, state and church documents, poetry and ballads.
Author : Kathryn M. Rudy
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783742363
Medieval manuscripts resisted obsolescence. Made by highly specialised craftspeople (scribes, illuminators, book binders) with labour-intensive processes using exclusive and sometimes exotic materials (parchment made from dozens or hundreds of skins, inks and paints made from prized minerals, animals and plants), books were expensive and built to last. They usually outlived their owners. Rather than discard them when they were superseded, book owners found ways to update, amend and upcycle books or book parts. These activities accelerated in the fifteenth century. Most manuscripts made before 1390 were bespoke and made for a particular client, but those made after 1390 (especially books of hours) were increasingly made for an open market, in which the producer was not in direct contact with the buyer. Increased efficiency led to more generic products, which owners were motivated to personalise. It also led to more blank parchment in the book, for example, the backs of inserted miniatures and the blanks ends of textual components. Book buyers of the late fourteenth and throughout the fifteenth century still held onto the old connotations of manuscripts—that they were custom-made luxury items—even when the production had become impersonal. Owners consequently purchased books made for an open market and then personalised them, filling in the blank spaces, and even adding more components later. This would give them an affordable product, but one that still smacked of luxury and met their individual needs. They kept older books in circulation by amending them, attached items to generic books to make them more relevant and valuable, and added new prayers with escalating indulgences as the culture of salvation shifted. Rudy considers ways in which book owners adjusted the contents of their books from the simplest (add a marginal note, sew in a curtain) to the most complex (take the book apart, embellish the components with painted decoration, add more quires of parchment). By making sometimes extreme adjustments, book owners kept their books fashionable and emotionally relevant. This study explores the intersection of codicology and human desire. Rudy shows how increased modularisation of book making led to more standardisation but also to more opportunities for personalisation. She asks: What properties did parchment manuscripts have that printed books lacked? What are the interrelationships among technology, efficiency, skill loss and standardisation?
Author : Kelly DeVries,Michael Livingston
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Art et science militaires
ISBN : 9781442636699
Curated by two of the leading experts in medieval military history, the readings in Medieval Warfare tell a story of terrors and tragedies, triumphs and technologies in the Middle Ages.
Author : Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442606050
Spanning the period from c.300 to c.1150 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains 20 new readings, including 8 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).
Author : John Willis Clark
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547529330
"Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods" by John Willis Clark. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Stephen Partridge,Erik Kwakkel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802099341
Incorporating several kinds of scholarship on medieval authorship, the essays examine interrelated questions raised by the relationship between an author and a reader, the relationships between authors and their antecedents, and the ways in which authorship interacts with the physical presentation of texts in books.
Author : Emilie Amt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : England
ISBN : 1442600063
This anthology brings together medieval documents and narratives illustrative of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of England during the Middle Ages. Authors and subjects included are both secular and clerical, male and female, mighty and low. Along with classic texts, such as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta, the collection also contains materials on less frequently addressed topics, such as the persecution of Jews, and the writings of a number of women, such as Margery of Kempe and Queen Isabella of Angoul?me.
Author : John Romano
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487588045
It is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people – and not only Marco Polo – were on the move for a variety of different reasons. Assuming no previous knowledge of medieval civilizations, this volume allows readers to experience the excitement of men and women who ventured into new lands. By addressing cross-cultural interaction, religion, and travel literature, the collection sheds light on how travel shaped the way we perceive the world, while also connecting history to the contemporary era of globalization. Including a mix of complete sources, excerpts, and images, Medieval Travel and Travelers provides readers with opportunities for further reflection on what medieval people expected to find in foreign locales, while sparking curiosity about undiscovered spaces and cultures.
Author : Norman F. Cantor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Middle Ages
ISBN : OCLC:34204978
Author : Turgon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114389229
This thrilling volume features modern language versions of the centuries-old classics that directly inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's epics.
Author : Duncan Robertson
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780879072384
During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina 'the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, savored in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader's own religious life. The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. Victor and the Carthusian Guigo II; it also includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs. This study brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism. Duncan Robertson has taught French and Latin, language and literature, at Augusta State University since 1990. Previous publications include The Medieval Saints' Lives: Spiritual Renewal and Old French Literature (Lexington, KY: French Forum, 1995), and The Vernacular Spirit: Essays on Medieval Religious Literature, with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Nancy Warren (New York: Palgrave, 2002). His articles have appeared in Romance Philology, French Forum, Cahiers de Civilisation Madiavale, and other journals in the United States and abroad.
Author : Mari Hughes-Edwards
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780708325063
This interdisciplinary study of medieval English anchoritism from 1080-1450, explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, reveals it instead as the site of potential intellectual exchange, and demonstrates an anchoritic spirituality in synch with the wider medieval world.
Author : Angus A. Somerville,R. Andrew McDonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487570491
In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings. The third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.
Author : Keith Sidwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995-08-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 052144747X
Reading Medieval Latin is an introduction to medieval Latin in its cultural and historical context and is designed to serve the needs of students who have completed the learning of basic classical Latin morphology and syntax. (Users of Reading Latin will find that it follows on after the end of section 5 of that course.) It is an anthology, organised chronologically and thematically in four parts. Each part is divided into chapters with introductory material, texts, and commentaries which give help with syntax, sentence-structure, and background. There are brief sections on medieval orthography and grammar, together with a vocabulary which includes words (or meanings) not found in standard classical dictionaries. The texts chosen cover areas of interest to students of medieval history, philosophy, theology, and literature.