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The definitive global anthology of writings about dragons, from
Ancient Egypt to the modern day Since the earliest moments of human
history, dragons have occupied a place in our imaginations. Bringer
of night in Ancient Egypt; mortal enemy of the elephant in South
Asia; slain by a god in Sanskrit hymn. In the Book of Revelation,
there is the Leviathan; in Loch Ness, a monster. Their crushing
coils and their treasure hoards are found throughout literature and
language: in the Old English of Beowulf, in the Elvish of Tolkien,
in the far-flung travels of Marco Polo. The Penguin Book of Dragons
is the definitive collection of all this and more: two thousand
years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons.
Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the
rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the
use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of
silence forbade them from speaking. After examining the spiritual
benefits of personal silence as a form of protection against the
perils of sinful discourse in early monastic thought, this work
shows how the monks of the Abbey of Cluny (founded in 910 in
Burgundy) were the first to employ a silent language of
meaning-specific hand signs that allowed them to convey precise
information without recourse to spoken words. Scott Bruce discusses
the linguistic character of the Cluniac sign language, its central
role in the training of novices, the precautions taken to prevent
its abuse, and the widespread adoption of this custom in other
abbeys throughout Europe, which resulted in the creation of
regionally specific idioms of this silent language.
Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the
rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the
use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of
silence forbade them from speaking. After examining the spiritual
benefits of personal silence as a form of protection against the
perils of sinful discourse in early monastic thought, this work
shows how the monks of the Abbey of Cluny (founded in 910 in
Burgundy) were the first to employ a silent language of
meaning-specific hand signs that allowed them to convey precise
information without recourse to spoken words. Scott Bruce discusses
the linguistic character of the Cluniac sign language, its central
role in the training of novices, the precautions taken to prevent
its abuse, and the widespread adoption of this custom in other
abbeys throughout Europe, which resulted in the creation of
regionally-specific idioms of this silent language.
Journey into the underworld through three thousand years of visions
of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America From the
Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century
visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through
three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll
take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron;
meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk - a
monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of
Hell in Dante's Inferno and witness the debates that raged in
Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the
idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics,
theological treatises, stories of miracles and accounts of saints'
lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell
has long haunted us, in both life and death.
In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south
of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he
and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy.
Ultimately, the abbot was set free, but the audacity of this
abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of
local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled
an army and succeeded in wiping out the Muslim stronghold. The
monks of Cluny kept this tale alive over the next century. Scott G.
Bruce explores the telling and retelling of this story, focusing on
the representation of Islam in each account and how that
representation changed over time. The culminating figure in this
study is Peter the Venerable, one of Europe's leading intellectuals
and abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, who commissioned Latin
translations of Muslim texts such as the Qur'an. Cluny and the
Muslims of La Garde-Freinet provides us with an unparalleled
opportunity to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the
Crusading era.
In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south
of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he
and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy.
Ultimately, the abbot was set free, but the audacity of this
abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of
local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled
an army and succeeded in wiping out the Muslim stronghold. The
monks of Cluny kept this tale alive over the next century. Scott G.
Bruce explores the telling and retelling of this story, focusing on
the representation of Islam in each account and how that
representation changed over time. The culminating figure in this
study is Peter the Venerable, one of Europe's leading intellectuals
and abbot of Cluny from 1122 to 1156, who commissioned Latin
translations of Muslim texts such as the Qur'an. Cluny and the
Muslims of La Garde-Freinet provides us with an unparalleled
opportunity to examine Christian perceptions of Islam in the
Crusading era.
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