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TIME AND PLACE - Collected Essays (Hardcover): M. W. Bereford TIME AND PLACE - Collected Essays (Hardcover)
M. W. Bereford
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Orationes Panegyricae CB (Book, Reprint 2013 ed.): Psellus/Dennis Orationes Panegyricae CB (Book, Reprint 2013 ed.)
Psellus/Dennis
R3,451 Discovery Miles 34 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle (University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova) Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen) Dirk Obbink (University of Oxford) Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard University) Vergriffene Titel werden als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke wieder verfugbar gemacht. Zudem werden alle Neuerscheinungen der Bibliotheca Teubneriana parallel zur gedruckten Ausgabe auch als eBook angeboten. Die alteren Bande werden sukzessive ebenfalls als eBook bereitgestellt. Falls Sie einen vergriffenen Titel bestellen moechten, der noch nicht als Print-on-Demand angeboten wird, schreiben Sie uns an: [email protected] Samtliche in der Bibliotheca Teubneriana erschienenen Editionen lateinischer Texte sind in der Datenbank BTL Online elektronisch verfugbar.

The Vikings in England - Settlement, Society and Culture (Paperback): Martin Hargreaves The Vikings in England - Settlement, Society and Culture (Paperback)
Martin Hargreaves; Dawn M. Hadley
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The viking invasion and settlement in England has been the subject of a large and complex body of scholarship, with the consensus of opinion among scholars as to its exact nature and influence shifting considerably over the years. This is a fascinating new study which will make an important addition to the literature on the Scandinavians and the settlement in England in the ninth and tenth centuries. D. M. Hadley offers a focused and interdisciplinary discussion of often neglected sources. Topics covered include the development of current debates regarding the settlement, Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation, the differences and similarities between Scandinavian rural settlement and Scandinavians in the urban environment, the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity, and burial practices and associated issues of ethnicity, gender and social status. A clear and exhaustive summary of the available archaeological, historical and linguistic evidence, this book offers a comprehensive and authoritative starting point for all researchers and students investigating the viking settlement of Britain. -- .

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; Volume the Third. The Second Edition. of 3;... The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; Volume the Third. The Second Edition. of 3; Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Edward Gibbon
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Medieval Church - A Brief History (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Joseph Lynch The Medieval Church - A Brief History (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Joseph Lynch
R5,251 Discovery Miles 52 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Medieval Church: A Brief History argues for the pervasiveness of the Church in every aspect of life in medieval Europe. It shows how the institution of the Church attempted to control the lives and behaviour of medieval people, for example, through canon law, while at the same time being influenced by popular movements like the friars and heresy. This fully updated and illustrated second edition offers a new introductory chapter on 'the Basics of Christianity,' for students who might be unfamiliar with this territory. The book now has new material on some of the key individuals in church history: Benedict of Nursia, Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard of Clairvaux and Francis of Assisi as well as a more comprehensive study throughout of the role of women in the medieval church. Lynch and Adamo seek to explain the history of the Church as an institution, and to explore its all-pervasive role in medieval life. In the course of the thousand years covered in this book, we see the members and leaders of the Western Church struggle with questions that are still relevant today: What is the nature of God? How does a church keep beliefs from becoming diluted in a diverse society? What role should the state play in religion? The book is now accompanied by a website with textual, visual, and musical primary sources making it a fantastic resource for students of medieval history.

Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen - Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary (Hardcover): H. Hackett Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen - Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary (Hardcover)
H. Hackett
R4,460 Discovery Miles 44 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Was Elizabeth I worshipped by her subjects? Many twentieth-century scholars have suggested that the Virgin Queen was a cult-figure who replaced the Virgin Mary. But how could this be in a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry? Helen Hackett examines these issues through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. She traces some of the cross-currents in Elizabethan culture, and considers both Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary in terms of the history of representations of gender, sexuality and power.

The Franciscan Invention of the New World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Julia Mcclure The Franciscan Invention of the New World (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Julia Mcclure
R3,742 Discovery Miles 37 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the story of the 'discovery of America' through the prism of the history of the Franciscans, a socio-religious movement with a unique doctrine of voluntary poverty. The Franciscans rapidly developed global dimensions, but their often paradoxical relationships with poverty and power offer an alternate account of global history. Through this lens, Julia McClure offers a deeper history of colonialism, not only by extending its chronology, but also by exploring the powerful role of ambivalence in the emergence of colonial regimes. Other topics discussed include the legal history of property, the complexity and politics of global knowledge networks, the early (and neglected) history of the Near Atlantic, and the transatlantic inquisition, mysticism, apocalypticism, and religious imaginations of place.

How to Correct the Sacra Scriptura? Textual Criticism of the Latin Bible between the Twelfth and Fifteenth Century (Hardcover,... How to Correct the Sacra Scriptura? Textual Criticism of the Latin Bible between the Twelfth and Fifteenth Century (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
Cornelia Linde
R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Gender, Nation and Conquest in the High Middle Ages - Nest of Deheubarth (Hardcover): Susan M. Johns Gender, Nation and Conquest in the High Middle Ages - Nest of Deheubarth (Hardcover)
Susan M. Johns
R2,419 Discovery Miles 24 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nest of Deheubarth was one of the most notorious women of the Middle Ages, mistress of Henry I and many other men, famously beautiful and strong-willed, object of one of the most notorious abduction/elopements of the period and ancestress of one of the most famous dynasties in medieval Ireland, the Fitzgeralds. This volume sheds light on women, gender, imperialism and conquest in the Middle Ages. From it emerges a picture of a woman who, though remarkable, was not exceptional, representative not of a group of victims or pawns in the dramatic transformations of the high Middle Ages but powerful and decisive actors. The book examines beauty, love, sex and marriage and the interconnecting identities of Nest as wife/concubine/mistress, both at the time and in the centuries since her death, when for Welsh writers and other commentators she has proved a powerful symbol. -- .

English Historical Facts 1485-1603 (Hardcover): Ken Powell, Chris Cook English Historical Facts 1485-1603 (Hardcover)
Ken Powell, Chris Cook
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Short Sketch of European History - From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation (Hardcover): H. E. (Henrietta... A Short Sketch of European History - From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation (Hardcover)
H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Medieval Muslim Philosophers and Intercultural Communication - Towards a Dialogical Paradigm in Education (Paperback): Wisam... Medieval Muslim Philosophers and Intercultural Communication - Towards a Dialogical Paradigm in Education (Paperback)
Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar
R1,097 Discovery Miles 10 970 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines the works of Medieval Muslim philosophers interested in intercultural encounters and how receptive Islam is to foreign thought, to serve as a dialogical model, grounded in intercultural communications, for Islamic and Arabic education. The philosophers studied in this project were instructors, tutors, or teachers, such as Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Al-Ghazali, and Averroes, whose philosophical contributions directly or indirectly advanced intercultural learning. The book describes and provides examples of how each of these philosophers engaged with intercultural encounters, and asks how their philosophies can contribute to infusing intercultural ethics and practices into curriculum theorizing. First, it explores selected works of medieval Muslim philosophers from an intercultural perspective to formulate a dialogical paradigm that informs and enriches Muslim education. Second, it frames intercultural education as a catalyst to guide Muslim communities' interactions and identity construction, encouraging flexibility, tolerance, deliberation, and plurality. Third, it bridges the gap between medieval tradition and modern thought by promoting interdisciplinary connections and redrawing intercultural boundaries outside disciplinary limits. This study demonstrates that the dialogical domain that guides intercultural contact becomes a curriculum-oriented structure with Al-Kindi, a tripartite pedagogical model with Al-Farabi, a sojourner experience with Al-Ghazali, and a deliberative pedagogy of alternatives with Averroes. Therefore, the book speaks to readers interested in the potential of dialogue in education, intercultural communication, and Islamic thought research. Crucially bridging the gap between medieval tradition and modern thought by promoting interdisciplinary connections and redrawing intercultural boundaries outside disciplinary limits, it will speak to readers interested in the dialogue between education, intercultural communication, and Islamic thought. .

The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume VI: Books XI, XII, & XIII (Hardcover): Orderic Vitalis The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis: Volume VI: Books XI, XII, & XIII (Hardcover)
Orderic Vitalis; Edited by Marjorie Chibnall
R8,875 R7,603 Discovery Miles 76 030 Save R1,272 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Chibnall, Marjorie;

Capetian Women (Hardcover): K. Nolan Capetian Women (Hardcover)
K. Nolan
R2,946 Discovery Miles 29 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Never before have the women of the Capetian royal dynasty in France been the subject of a study in their own right. The new research in Capetian Women challenges old paradigms about the restricted roles of royal women, uncovering their influence in social, religious, cultural, and even political spheres. The scholars in the volume consider medieval chroniclers' responses to the independent actions of royal women as well as modern historians' use of them as vehicles for constructing the past. The essays also delineate the creation of reginal identity through cultural practices such as religious patronage and the commissioning of manuscripts, tomb sculpture, and personal seals.

Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola - Religion and Politics, 1490-1498 (Hardcover): Girolamo Savonarola Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola - Religion and Politics, 1490-1498 (Hardcover)
Girolamo Savonarola; Edited by Donald Beebe, Anne Borelli, Maria Pastore Passaro; Foreword by Giuseppe Mazzotta
R2,542 Discovery Miles 25 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Five hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This volume, which contains an introduction by historian Alison Brown, is the first comprehensive collection of Savonarola's works in English. It includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral ministry, prophecy, politics and moral reform, as well as the correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola's silencing and excommunication. Also included are first-hand accounts of religio-civic festivities instigated by Savonarola and of his last moments. This collection demonstrates the remarkable extent of Savonarola's contributions to the religious, political and aesthetic debates of the late fifteenth century. Winner of the 2004 Scaglione Publication Award for a manuscript in Italian literary studies awarded by the MLA.

Women in Italy 1350-1650 - Ideals and Realities (Paperback): Mary Rogers, Paola Tinagli Women in Italy 1350-1650 - Ideals and Realities (Paperback)
Mary Rogers, Paola Tinagli
R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This enlightening book aims to fill the gap in the literature on women's lives from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century, a time in which Italian urban societies saw much debate on the nature of women and on their roles, education and behaviour. Indeed these were debates which would in subsequent years resonate throughout Europe as a whole. Using a broad range of contemporary source material, most of which has never been translated before, this book illuminates the ideals and realities informing the lives of women within the context of civic and courtly culture. The text is divided into three sections: contemporary views on the nature of women, and ethical and aesthetic ideals seen as suitable to them; life cycles from birth to death, punctuated by the rites of passage of betrothal, marriage and widowhood; women's roles in the convent, the court, the workplace, and in cultural life. Through their exploration of these themes, Rogers and Tinagli demonstrate that there was no single 'Renaissance woman'. The realities of women(1)s experiences were rich and various, and their voices speak of diverse possibilities for emotionally rich and socially useful lives. This will be essential reading for students and teachers of society and culture during the Italian Renaissance, as well as gender historians working on early modern Europe. -- .

Bibliophilos - Books and Learning in the Byzantine World (Hardcover): Charalambos Dendrinos, Ilias Giarenis Bibliophilos - Books and Learning in the Byzantine World (Hardcover)
Charalambos Dendrinos, Ilias Giarenis
R5,626 Discovery Miles 56 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The present volume is a Festschrift in honour of the distinguished Byzantinist Costas N. Constantinides. The title of the volume, Bibliophilos: Books and Learning in the Byzantine World, reflects Professor Constantinides' major contribution to the fields of Greek palaeography, editions of Byzantine texts, Byzantine history, scholarship and education, and Cypriot manuscripts and culture. The volume is introduced by a preface and a tabula gratulatoria dedicated to the honorand, followed by twenty articles, written by seasoned and younger scholars, who are former colleagues and students of Professor Constantinides. These articles, which appear in alphabetical order, offer new material and shed fresh light to the study of Greek manuscripts, binders and scribes, and the life, works and activities of Byzantine scholars, teachers and students, providing editions of unpublished texts, including letters and poems, and exploring various aspects of Byzantine and Cypriot history, literature, art, science and culture. In the process the authors often challenge earlier views and offer new interpretations and insights. Bibliophilos is a book for the student, teacher and scholar of Byzantium in particular, and for every bibliophile in general.

Joan of Arc - A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (Hardcover): Scott Manning Joan of Arc - A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (Hardcover)
Scott Manning
R2,798 R2,351 Discovery Miles 23 510 Save R447 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Joan of Arc is the most recognizable woman from medieval Europe, yet the details of her life remain obscure to the general public while heavily debated by specialists. Rising from obscurity to insert herself into the court of French King Charles VII before marching with his armies to combat the enemies of the crown during the Hundred Years War, she was eventually captured, tried in an inquisition, and then executed as a relapsed heretic at the age of 19. Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide of Her Life and Works focuses on her life, her works, and legacy in fifteenth-century France. It features a chronology, an introduction offers a brief account of her life, a dictionary section lists entries on people, groups, places, events, topics, terms, and medieval documents central to Joan's life including her letters, contemporary perspectives, her condemnation trial, and the nullification proceedings eventually blessed by the pope to overturn the verdict of the condemnation trial. This book aims to provide an understanding not just of Joan, but of the culture that produced and ultimately destroyed her.

English Life and Manners in the Later Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Annie Abram English Life and Manners in the Later Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Annie Abram
R5,281 Discovery Miles 52 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Annie Abram was born in London in 1869 and died in Sussex in 1930. As an historian, she contributed significantly to the twentieth-century historiography of late medieval England, researching the social, cultural and religious mores of the English laity and clergy. This title, first published in 1919, comprehensively explores the fabrics of late medieval society using evidence drawn from historical and literary works, official documents and illustrated manuscripts. Largely concentrating on the years between the start of the Black Death in 1348 and the end of the fifteenth century, a period in which we see important developments in the character and organisation of medieval England, chapters discuss the make-up of social order, life in a medieval town, the position of women in society, and the Church's relationship with the laity. A complementary title to Social Life in England in the Fifteenth Century (Routledge Revivals, 2013), this fascinating work will be of great value to history students requiring a detailed overview of the framework of late medieval English society and culture.

Social England in the Fifteenth Century (Routledge Revivals) - A Study of the Effects of Economic Conditions (Hardcover): Annie... Social England in the Fifteenth Century (Routledge Revivals) - A Study of the Effects of Economic Conditions (Hardcover)
Annie Abram
R4,373 Discovery Miles 43 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Annie Abram was born in London in 1869 and died in Sussex in 1930. She contributed significantly to the twentieth-century historiography of late medieval England, researching the social, cultural and religious mores of the English laity and clergy. First published in 1909, this title explores the impact of economic changes on society during the fifteenth century. This was a period of important developments both socially and economically, which witnessed the rise of the middle class through industrialisation, agrarian change, and the growing economic and commercial character of towns. The chapters discuss these areas, as well as the industrial position of women and children, the economic position of the Church and the development of a national character. This is a fascinating classic work, which will be of great value to students researching the socio-economic history of late medieval England.

The Making of a Saint - The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse (Hardcover, New): Catia Galatariotou The Making of a Saint - The Life, Times and Sanctification of Neophytos the Recluse (Hardcover, New)
Catia Galatariotou
R2,531 Discovery Miles 25 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Every case of sanctification is unique - as unique as the holy man or woman at its centre. Yet at the same time the problem posed is a general one: how does an individual become a Saint? In this bold and pioneering study the author answers the question by providing a detailed analysis of the case of the late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Byzantine holy man, the Cypriot Saint Neophytos the Recluse.

Manmade Marvels in Medieval Culture and Literature (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): S. Lightsey Manmade Marvels in Medieval Culture and Literature (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
S. Lightsey
R1,533 Discovery Miles 15 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Manmade marvels of the later medieval courts--animated golden birds, mechanical angels, and other fantastic machines--were not merely amusing distractions, but also agents of social negotiation and political import. In "Manmade Marvels," the dancing metal peacocks, animated statuary, and spectacular illusions of the romance tradition are disembedded from traditional literary representation as supernatural fictions, and situated in the political culture where mechanical marvels were fashioned to delight courts, garner prestige, and symbolize power. This book provides a synthesis of court politics and technological history, intellectual traditions, and the practices of everyday life. Lightsey restores these marvels to the cultural roles they played as they were created by craftsmen and consumed by elite culture, invigorating our understanding of the role of craft in embellishing noble lives with the marvelous.

Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem - Volume 2: Books 7-12. The Early History of the Latin States,... Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem - Volume 2: Books 7-12. The Early History of the Latin States, 1099-1119 (Paperback, New Ed)
Susan B. Edgington
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the first generation of Latin settlers in the Levant (1099-1119). Volume 2, The Early History of the Latin States, provides a surprising level of detail about the reign of King Baldwin I (1100-1118), especially its earlier years and the crusading expeditions of 1101. It offers much more information than the only other substantial Latin account of the same events, by Fulcher of Chartres, and where it can be tested against other narratives, including Arabic and Greek sources, it proves to be worthy of both trust and respect. Susan B. Edgington's English translation has been widely praised, following its first publication in the Oxford Medieval Texts series, and is here presented with a new introduction and updated notes and bibliography.

The First Universities - Studium Generale and the Origins of University Education in Europe (Hardcover, New): Olaf Pedersen The First Universities - Studium Generale and the Origins of University Education in Europe (Hardcover, New)
Olaf Pedersen; Translated by Richard North
R2,530 Discovery Miles 25 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a general study of the development of higher education in Europe from antiquity until the end of the Middle Ages. It shows how the slender traditions of ancient learning, kept alive in the monastic and cathedral schools, were enriched by an enormous influx of knowledge from the Islamic world and how in consequence the schools developed into universities. Special attention is paid to early intellectual history and the scientific disciplines, and to the everyday life of the students and their teachers.

The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery (Hardcover): Diana Greenway, Leslie Watkiss The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery (Hardcover)
Diana Greenway, Leslie Watkiss
R7,412 R6,435 Discovery Miles 64 350 Save R977 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This lively narrative, written by a monk, relates the history of the abbey of Saffron Walden from its foundation around 1136 to the year 1203. Its characters include the English kings, the earls of Essex, and other local landowners, large and small, as well as the monks and other ecclesiastics. Its interest extends far beyond the local: the editors' introduction and notes establish the chronicle's position as a valuable historical source.

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