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The Medieval World

Author : Peter Linehan,Janet L. Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136500053

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This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu. This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing. Chapters are thematically linked in four sections: identities beliefs, social values and symbolic order power and power-structures elites, organizations and groups. Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.

The Medieval World at Our Fingertips

Author : Christopher De Hamel,Matthew J. Westerby
Publisher : Harvey Miller Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
ISBN : 1909400882

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The Medieval World at Our Fingertips by Christopher De Hamel,Matthew J. Westerby Pdf

No manuscript is an island. We may consider medieval illumination as a single characteristic of the whole Middle Ages, but every manuscript is part of the evolving history of European art and culture, and every one belongs to a place and period. The Sandra Hindman Collection is a remarkable journey through time and location. Every illuminated cutting described here is a microcosm of a larger history. A sublime initial from a twelfth-century Bible from France is part of a setting which includes Chartres Cathedral, the Crusades and Abelard; two late thirteenth-century narrative miniatures of saints from northern Italy have stepped from in a world inhabited by Giotto and Dante and the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence; a miniature by the Berlin Master of Mary of Burgundy belongs in age of Rogier van der Weyden and Hans Memling; a painting from a choir book by the 'Master B.F.' can hold its place with Leonardo da Vinci and Palestrina. Manuscripts were always at the heart of intellectual and visual culture. For thirty years Sandra Hindman has been selecting and refining a collection of perfect medieval miniatures which are the quintessence of their time. Each is a window which illuminates a world. The history of stained glass, architecture, fresco painting, tapestries and wood carving, as well as medieval literature, religion, music and romance, are all made slightly clearer and more focused by looking at the illuminated miniatures chosen for exhibition here.

The Medieval World of Nature

Author : Joyce E. Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429584237

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The Medieval World of Nature by Joyce E. Salisbury Pdf

Originally published in 1993, The Medieval World of Nature looks at how the natural world was viewed by medieval society. The book presents the argument that the pragmatic medieval view of the natural world of animals and plants, existed simply to serve medieval society. It discusses the medieval concept of animals as food, labour, and sport and addresses how the biblical charge of assuming dominion over animals and plants, was rooted in the medieval sensibility of control. The book also looks at the idea of plants and animals as not only pragmatic, but as allegories within the medieval world, utilizing animals to draw morality tales, which were viewed with as much importance as scientific information. This book provides a unique and interesting look at the everyday medieval world.

Medieval Panorama

Author : Robert Bartlett
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art, Medieval
ISBN : 0892366427

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"This book also includes biographies of key personalities, from Charlemagne to Wycliffe, timelines, maps, glossary, gazetteer, and bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.

The Medieval World Complete

Author : Robert Bartlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0500283338

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'The Medieval World Complete' re-creates one of the great ages of European civilization through a sequence of spectacular images accompanied by a lively, informed commentary. Ingeniously organized by topic and thoroughly cross-referenced, this all-embracing book enables the reader to explore and understand every facet of the Middle Ages, an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and of religious faith in a world where life was often coarse and cruel, cut short by war, famine and disease. Framed by chapters that outline the way the Middle Ages began and ended, the book consists of six sections encompassing religion and the Church, nations and law, daily life, art and architecture, scholarship and philosophy, and the world beyond Christendom. The book is completed by biographies of key personalities, from Charlemagne to Wycliffe, and timelines, maps, a glossary, gazetteer and bibliography.

The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393059755

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The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer Pdf

Chronicles the period between the 4th and 12th centuries, when religion became the justification for political and military action, a time that included the development of Islam, the crowning of Charlemagne, and the rise of the T'ang Dynasty.

The Evolution of the Medieval World

Author : David M Nicholas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317895435

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The Evolution of the Medieval World by David M Nicholas Pdf

This ambitious and wide-ranging study of the European Middle Ages respects the complexity and richness of its subject; always accessible, it is never merely superficial or over-simplistic. Stressing the long-term factors of continuity, evolution and change throughout, David Nicholas discusses the social and economic aspects of medieval civilization, and examines their links with political, institutional and cultural development. Designed for students and non-specialists, his book triumphantly meets the need for a comprehensive survey of the medieval world within the covers of a single authoritative volume.

Place and Space in the Medieval World

Author : Meg Boulton,Jane Hawkes,Heidi Stoner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781315413631

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Place and Space in the Medieval World by Meg Boulton,Jane Hawkes,Heidi Stoner Pdf

This book addresses the critical terminologies of place and space (and their role within medieval studies) in a considered and critical manner, presenting a scholarly introduction written by the editors alongside thematic case studies that address a wide range of visual and textual material. The chapters consider the extant visual and textual sources from the medieval period alongside contemporary scholarly discussions to examine place and space in their wider critical context, and are written by specialists in a range of disciplines including art history, archaeology, history, and literature.

The Medieval World

Author : Peter Linehan,Janet L. Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136500121

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The Medieval World by Peter Linehan,Janet L. Nelson Pdf

This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu. This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing. Chapters are thematically linked in four sections: identities beliefs, social values and symbolic order power and power-structures elites, organizations and groups. Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.

Mirror of the Medieval World

Author : Barbara Drake Boehm,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870997853

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Mirror of the Medieval World by Barbara Drake Boehm,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

The Medieval World: Europe, 1100-1350

Author : Friedrich Heer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039171850

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The Medieval World: Europe, 1100-1350 by Friedrich Heer Pdf

"Friedrich Heer's incisive history describes how the buoyant, fluid society of twelfth-century Europe solidified into the medieval world - a fourteenth century of religious and intellectual intolerance, fortified frontiers, and bitterly competitive states. he discusses the Crusades; the alienation of Rome and Byzantium; the rising power of the Church and the aristocracy; the life of the peasant, the town dweller, and the tradesman."--Page i.

Time in the Medieval World

Author : Colum Hourihane
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0976820234

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Time in the Medieval World by Colum Hourihane Pdf

This volume is a rich resource for the study of time as represented by the signs of the zodiac and occupations of the months, documented in the comprehensive files of the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University. The measurement and documentation of time has been a universal issue since the dawn of civilization&—and no more so than in the medieval period, when images representing the signs of the zodiac and occupations of the months were commonly used. Nature and the occupations or labors that each month brought were reflected in earthly calendars, while the movements of the heavens and their impact on mankind were recorded in the signs of the zodiac. The changing compositions that were used to represent these twin calendars in several hundred works of art are documented in this volume, which provides an unrivaled visual record for the student and scholar.

Atlas of the Medieval World

Author : Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114299824

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Atlas of the Medieval World by Rosamond McKitterick Pdf

Forged in an age of faith and war and tempered by great statesmen, religious leaders and artists, medieval civilizations witnessed remarkable transformations. Far from being a homogeneous world of knights and castles, the era saw a multitude of contrasting and often competing cultures, many of which became the foundation stones for the emergence of modern societies. From the expansion of Islam across the Mediterranean to the appearance of centralized states and Christian monarchies, the Atlas of the Medieval World draws from new archival and archaeological evidence to reveal a period of astonishing cultural vibrancy and political diversity. Alongside stunning maps covering nearly a millennium of one of the most formative phases in history, hundreds of exquisite pictures of art and architecture accompany expertly written text edited by Rosamond McKitterick, Professor of Early Medieval History at Cambridge University to bring an extraordinary period to life as no reference has before. The Arab invasions of Europe, the empire of Charlemagne, the African kingdoms of Songhai and Mali, the Crusades, the Viking and Mongol invasions, the Delhi sultanate and the T'ang and Ming empires are just a few of the subjects explained in the Atlas of the Medieval World. What's more, cultural and economic trends such as the spread of literacy and the growth of towns receive equal attention alongside the emergence of kingdoms and the march of armies to form a comprehensive history of all major societies outside of the Americas during the Middle Ages.

The Middle Ages

Author : Eleanor Janega
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781785785924

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A unique, illustrated book that will change the way you see medieval history The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the 'Dark Ages', shedding light on the medieval period's present-day relevance in a unique illustrated style. This history takes us through the rise and fall of empires, papacies, caliphates and kingdoms; through the violence and death of the Crusades, Viking raids, the Hundred Years War and the Plague; to the curious practices of monks, martyrs and iconoclasts. We'll see how the foundations of the modern West were established, influencing our art, cultures, religious practices and ways of thinking. And we'll explore the lives of those seen as 'Other' - women, Jews, homosexuals, lepers, sex workers and heretics. Join historian Eleanor Janega and illustrator Neil Max Emmanuel on a romp across continents and kingdoms as we discover the Middle Ages to be a time of huge change, inquiry and development - not unlike our own.

Book of Beasts

Author : Elizabeth Morrison
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : ART
ISBN : 9781606065907

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Book of Beasts by Elizabeth Morrison Pdf

A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy. Brimming with lively animals both real and fantastic, the bestiary was one of the great illuminated manuscript traditions of the Middle Ages. Encompassing imaginary creatures such as the unicorn, siren, and griffin; exotic beasts including the tiger, elephant, and ape; as well as animals native to Europe like the beaver, dog, and hedgehog, the bestiary is a vibrant testimony to the medieval understanding of animals and their role in the world. So iconic were the stories and images of the bestiary that its beasts essentially escaped from the pages, appearing in a wide variety of manuscripts and other objects, including tapestries, ivories, metalwork, and sculpture. With over 270 color illustrations and contributions by twenty-five leading scholars, this gorgeous volume explores the bestiary and its widespread influence on medieval art and culture as well as on modern and contemporary artists like Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst. Published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center May 14 to August 18, 2019.