Medieval category: 3965 books
Medieval Pilgrimage
With a Survey of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Pilgrimage was popular throughout medieval England until it was suppressed at the Refor-mation. This book explains how it originated, what it involved, and what it meant to those who practised it. Normally it is imagined in terms of long journeys to famous places in England or Christendom. In fact...
Beatific Enjoyment in Medieval Scholastic Debates
The Complex Legacy of Saint Augustine and Peter Lombard
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Beatific Enjoyment in Medieval Scholastic Debates examines the religious concept of enjoyment as discussed by scholastic theologians in the Latin Middle Ages. Severin Kitanov argues that central to the concept of beatific enjoyment (fruitio beatifica) is the distinction between the terms enjoyment...
by Therese Scarpelli Cory
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Self-knowledge is commonly thought to have become a topic of serious philosophical inquiry during the early modern period. Already in the thirteenth century, however, the medieval thinker Thomas Aquinas developed a sophisticated theory of self-knowledge, which Therese Scarpelli Cory presents as a...
Routledge Revivals: Medieval Islamic Civilization (2006)
An Encyclopedia - Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Islamic civilization flourished in the Middle Ages across a vast geographical area that spans today's Middle and Near East.
First published in 2006, Medieval Islamic Civilization examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th centuries. This...
City and Cosmos
The Medieval World in Urban Form
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In City and Cosmos, Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, including original...
Medieval Medicine: The Art of Healing, from Head to Toe
The Art of Healing, from Head to Toe
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
This unique examination of medieval medicine as detailed in physician's manuals of the period reveals a more sophisticated approach to the medical arts than expected for the time.
• Includes translations, available for the first time in English, of original comments and illustrations by physicians...
La Conquistadora
The Virgin Mary at War and Peace in the Old and New Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
While most books about Mary emphasize her role as the compassionate mother of God, this book uncovers her significant role as an active and often belligerent patron of warfare, as seen from the mosques and castles of medieval Iberia to the cities and shrines of colonial Mexico and finally to present-day...
by Ann Marie Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Fascinating stories from medieval Gower: battles, brutality, adultery, daring escapes, fairies and an ogre!
If you like scandal, intrigue and true stories from history, then you’ll love Ann Marie Thomas’ book.
Buy Medieval Gower Stories and witness the crimes of mad King John, the atrocities...
Medieval Exegesis and Religious Difference
Commentary, Conflict, and Community in the Premodern Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all have a common belief in the sanctity of a core holy scripture, and commentary on scripture (exegesis) was at the heart of all three traditions in the Middle Ages. At the same time, because it dealt with issues such as the nature of the canon, the limits of acceptable...
by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr, Douglas Aiton
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Contrary to received opinion, revolts and popular protests in medieval English towns were as frequent and as sophisticated, if not more so, as those in the countryside. This groundbreaking study refocuses attention on the varied nature of popular movements in towns from Carlisle to Dover and from...
by Clare Downham
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval...
by Maurice Keen
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Wonderfully written and beautifully presented , The Outlaws of Medieval Legend brings the popular heroes of the Middle-Ages to life. Featuring both famous - Robin Hood and William Wallace - and now forgotten rogues such as Gamelyn and Fulke Fitzwarin, this book explains the popularity of these semi-mythical...
Power & Purity
Cathar Heresy in Medieval Italy
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 1998
Catharism was a popular medieval heresy based on the belief that the creation of humankind was a disaster in which angelic spirits were trapped in matter by the devil. Their only goal was to escape the body through purification. Cathars denied any value to material life, including the human body,...
Stairway to Heaven
The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Medieval stairs, galleries and upper chambers in cathedrals, abbeys, and parish churches have been an enduring source of fascination to historians and archaeologists since the eighteenth century, but their practical purposes have long been shrouded in mystery and speculation. From libraries to lights,...