Covert operations: the medieval uses of secrecy
Covert operations: the medieval uses of secrecy
Covert operations: the medieval uses of secrecy
Isolating five broad areas - confession, women's gossip, science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse - Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out. She reads texts as central to Middle English studies as t…
Covert operations: the medieval uses of secrecy
"In Covert Operations, Karma Lochrie brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open." "Isolating five broad areas - confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse - Lochrie exa…
Inwiefern sind Fortschritte im Bereich der Naturphilosophie des 13. Jahrhunderts in deutschen literarischen Texten wiederzufinden? Am Beispiel der Lehre zu den vier Elementen setzt sich diese Arbeit zum Ziel, die Punkte der Vernetzung von Literatur und zeitgenössischem Allgemein…
The secrets of nature's alchemy captivated both the scientific and literary imagination of the Middle Ages. This book explores Chaucer's fascination with earth's mutability. Gabrovsky reveals that his poetry represents a major contribution to a medieval worldview centered on the…