An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the understudied Icelandic Mappae Mundi.
An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the understudied Icelandic mappae mundi. Front cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Icelandic Hemispherical World Maps -- Chapter 2 The Icelandic Zonal Map -- Chapte…
An innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the understudied Icelandic mappae mundi.
Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic literature has been understudied. This is a neglect which this volume aims to rectify. The essays collected here introduce and analyse a spectrum of masculinities, from the sagas o…
First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
The Old English dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
First modern edition, with facing translation, of two of the most mysterious Old English texts extant.
The dialogues of Solomon and Saturn, found in MSS Corpus Christi College Cambridge 422 and 41, are some of the most complex Old English texts to survive. The first two dialogues, in verse and prose, present the pagan god Saturn in human form interrogating.
"The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a variety of ways: as ancestors or…
La 4e de couverture indique : "The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a va…
The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves -- indeed rather the reverse -- they interact with saints in a variety of ways: as ancestors o…
The letters of Perchta and Anezka offer an illuminating insight into how two aristocractic women in fifteenth-century Bohemia saw themselves and their lives. The central topic is Perchta's deep unhappiness at her father's choice of husband for her. This rare discussion of a situ…
"The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvères present a secular perspective, through a c…
"The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvères present a secular perspective, through a c…