Orpheus in Middle Ages

John Block Friedman

• Paperback | Engels | Medieval Studies
• Orpheus, the Thracian signer who charmed nature with the music of his lyre and traveled to the underworld to win back his wife, Ewydice, is a familiar... Lees meer

The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought

John Block Friedman

• Paperback | Engels | Medieval Studies
• During the Middle Ages, travelers in Africa and Asia reported that monstrous races thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers ... Lees meer

PostScript to the Middle Ages

Alison Louise Ganze

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• More than a quarter century after its publication in English, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose remains a popular novel among medievalists and non-me... Lees meer

King Artus

Curt Leviant

• Paperback | Engels | Medieval Studies
• A rarity of enormous interest, this refurbished Hebrew translation of an Arthurian romance is the only known text of its kind in existence. Based on t... Lees meer

Assessing Tax Reform

Henry Aaron, Harvey Galper

• Paperback | Engels | Medieval Studies
• " Reform of the United States tax system has become a central political issue. Assessing Tax Reform is a concise, nontechnical book to help general re... Lees meer

From Plato to Lancelot

K Sarah-Jane Murray

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• Considered the most important figure in medieval French literature, Chrétien de Troyes is credited with inventing the modern novel. The roots of his i... Lees meer

The Wheel of Language

David K Coley

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• In The Wheel of Language, Coley explores representations of speech in English poetry of the later Middle Ages, proposing that the spoken word, both wi... Lees meer

British Books in Biblical Style

David Howlett

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• The author defines rules for composing literary texts exhibited in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament, reproduced in the Vulgate Lat... Lees meer

Brueghel's Heavy Dancers

John Block Friedman

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• What do Brueghel's mid-sixteenth-century portrayals of "heavy" wedding dancers and feasters have in common with many late medieval poems and manuscrip... Lees meer

Tradition and Crisis

Jacob Katz

• Paperback | Engels | Medieval Studies
• A new edition of Katz's study of European Jewish society at end of the Middle Ages. It taps into a rich source, the responsa literature of the Rabbini... Lees meer

Aislinge Meic Conglinne

Lahney Preston-Matto

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• Aislinge Meic Conglinne, an anonymous Middle Irish romance, recounts the efforts of the eponymous hero to exchange the hardscrabble life of a clerical... Lees meer

Tolerance and Intolerance

• Hardcover | Engels | Medieval Studies
• This title covers diverse topics such as the treatment of prisoners, the ransom of captives, and the problems faced by many groups during the period o... Lees meer