The art book
by Kramer, Ann, Weeks, Marcus, Bugler, Caroline, Whatley, Maud, Zaczek, Iain
fromBig ideas simply explained
Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.
Ranging across academic disciplines, this volume highlights the connections between medieval & postcolonial studies through the exploration of translation as a mechanism of & metaphor for cultures in contact, confrontation & competition.
"This study examines from multiple disciplinary perspectives the phenomenon of how knowledge was transformed and transmitted between late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The essays explore the ways that excerpting, compiling, and selective transmission resulted in a reducti…
"The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand - Valdemar's and Erik's - and the Law of Jut…
An introduction to medieval theology
"An Introduction to Medieval Theology Medieval theology, in all its diversity, was radically theo-centric, Trinitarian, Scriptural, and sacramental. It also operated with a profound view of human understanding (in terms of intellectus rather than mere ratio). In a post-modern cl…
Magic and medieval society presents a thematic approach to the topic of magic and sorcery in Western Europe between the eleventh and the fifteenth century. It aims to provide readers with the conceptual and documentary tools to reach informed conclusions as to the existence, nat…
