This is an examination of the Old English version of Bede's 'Historia ecclesiastica' and its reception in the Middle Ages, from a theoretically informed, multi-disciplinary perspective.
"Pioneering examination of the Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica and its reception in the middle ages, from a theoretically informed, multi-disciplinary perspective. The Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum is one of the earlies…
The training and use of memory was crucial in medieval culture, given the limited literacy at the time, but to date, very little thought has been given to the complex and disparate ways in which the theory and practices of memory interacted with the inherently unstable concepts …
The Old English metrical calendar (Menologium)
The late tenth-century Old English Metrical Calendar (traditionally known as <I>Menologium</I>) summarises, in the characteristic heroic diction and traditional metre of Old English poetry, the majorcourse of the Anglo-Saxon liturgical year. It sets out, in a methodical structur…
The old English metrical calendar, 'Menologium'
The Old English metrical calendar (Menologium)
The late tenth-century Old English Metrical Calendar (traditionally known as <I>Menologium</I>) summarises, in the characteristic heroic diction and traditional metre of Old English poetry, the majorcourse of the Anglo-Saxon liturgical year. It sets out, in a methodical structur…
The Old English metrical calendar (Menologium)
The Old English metrical calendar (Menologium)
First modern text and English translation of an important Anglo-Saxon poem dealing with the liturgical year.
As duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98; 1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled her…
As duchess of Brittany (1491-1514) and twice queen of France (1491-98; 1498-1514), Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled her…
As duchess of Brittany [1491-1514] and twice queen of France [1491-98; 1498-1514], Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled her…
"As duchess of Brittany (1491-1514) and twice queen of France (1491-98; 1498-1514), Anne de Bretagne set a benchmark by which to measure the status of female authority in Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance. Although at times a traditional political pawn, when men who ruled he…