"Karl Morrison discusses historical writing at a turning point in European culture: the so-called Renaissance of the twelfth century. Why do texts considered at that time to be masterpieces seem now to be fragmentary and full of contradictions? Morrison maintains that the answer…
"Explores Theophilus' On Diverse Arts, a twelfth-century treatise on artistic techniques. Examines the system of values according to which medieval artists operated and created art objects"...Provided by publisher.
Revenant sur l'idée reçue selon laquelle l'Occident n'aurait découvert le savoir grec au Moyen Age qu'au travers des traductions arabes, ce livre montre que l'Europe a toujours maintenu ses contacts avec le monde grec. Le Mont-Saint-Michel constituerait en effet le centre d'un a…
Magische und ›abergläubische‹ Vorstellungen und Praktiken der Menschen im Mittelalter haben immer wieder die Aufmerksamkeit verschiedener Disziplinen auf sich gezogen. Der kirchenrechtliche Diskurs über superstitio wurde bislang jedoch nur unzureichend aufgearbeitet. Die vorlieg…
"In the twelfth century, along what were then the borders of the Japanese state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center. Known as the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, these local powerholders w…
"In the twelfth century, along what were then the borders of the Japanese state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center. Known as the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, these local powerholders w…
"In the twelfth century, along what were then the borders of the Japanese state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center. Known as the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, these local powerholders w…
"In the twelfth century, along what were then the borders of the Japanese state in northern Honshu, three generations of local rulers built a capital city at Hiraizumi that became a major military and commercial center. Known as the Hiraizumi Fujiwara, these local powerholders w…
"What little has been written previously on the Lebanese 'crusader' county of Tripoli has focused upon the southern French ancestry of the counts of Tripoli, descendants of the counts of Saint-Gilles. Kevin Lewis argues for a deeper understanding of the processes that shaped the…