"A major collection of important essays by many of the leading scholars in the field of Buddhism, including Phyllis Granoff from Yale University, T.H. Barrett from the University of London, Raoul Birnbaum from University of California, Toru Funayama from Kyoto University, Eugene…
"A major collection of important essays by many of the leading scholars in the field of Buddhism, including Phyllis Granoff from Yale University, T.H. Barrett from the University of London, Raoul Birnbaum from University of California, Toru Funayama from Kyoto University, Eugene…
An overview of medieval monasticism across a variety of European landscapes. Monasticism became part of Europe from the early period of Christianity on the continent and developed into a powerful institution that had an effect on the greater church, on wider society, and on the …
"Peter Harrison's purpose is to show how and why religious establishments incorporated military architecture. He considers this unstudied subject from a uniquely wide point of view, historical, military, and architectural. Every form of religious building that received fortifica…
Das Kloster Maulbronn, im Jahre 1417. Die Hennen legen nicht, die Kühe geben kaum Milch, der Wein schmeckt wie Essig. Und als das Bauernmädchen Mechthild der Zauberei verdächtigt wird, ist die Krise perfekt. Bruder Hilpert, der erst vor ein paar Wochen ins Kloster heimgekehrte B…
