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The Legacy of Courtly Literature - From Medieval to Contemporary Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Deborah Nelson-Campbell,... The Legacy of Courtly Literature - From Medieval to Contemporary Culture (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Deborah Nelson-Campbell, Rouben Cholakian
R3,762 Discovery Miles 37 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating volume examines the enduring influence of courtly tradition and courtly love, particularly in contemporary popular culture. The ten chapters explore topics including the impact of the medieval troubadour in modern love songs, the legacy of figures such as Tristan, Iseult, Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin in modern film and literature, and more generally, how courtly and chivalric conceptions of love have shaped the Western world's conception of love, loyalty, honor, and adultery throughout history and to this day.

Cow Pies - A Messy Journey Throughthe Pasture of Life (Paperback): Gene McDougall, Nelson Campbell Cow Pies - A Messy Journey Throughthe Pasture of Life (Paperback)
Gene McDougall, Nelson Campbell
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Crime of Poison in the Middle Ages (Hardcover): Franck Collard The Crime of Poison in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Franck Collard; Translated by Deborah Nelson-Campbell
R2,880 Discovery Miles 28 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book will lead readers into a medieval culture of ambition, greed, and jealousy that motivated men and women to take the lives of individuals who trusted them. Collard examines the perception of the crime of poisoning in the West in medieval times, from about 500 to 1500 AD, exploring the ways the alleged crime was perceived in contemporary minds. His primary sources are chronicles that cover the entire medieval period and legal texts that are limited to the late medieval centuries. In order to portray the culture of murder by poisoning in the West, it was necessary to take into account Byzantine and Islamic documents as well as ancient texts such as the Scriptures and the writings of Roman historians, both of which were widely known in the Middle Ages.

This book will lead readers into a medieval culture of ambition, greed, and jealousy that motivated men and women to take the lives of individuals who trusted them. In these pages, French medievalist Franck Collard examines the perception of the crime of poisoning in the West from about 500 to 1500. His primary sources of information are chronicles that cover the entire medieval period and legal texts that are limited to the late medieval centuries. In order to portray the culture of murder by poisoning in the West, he takes into account Byzantine and Islamic documents, as well as ancient texts such as the Scriptures and the writings of Roman historians, both of which were widely known in the Middle Ages.

The resulting volume is concerned with the criminal actions that involve poison and not poison as such. Poisonous substances as such are described only when necessary for an understanding of a crime. What is important here is an examination of the ways the alleged crime was perceived in contemporary minds. Poisoning avoids the use of violence. It was committed without a drawn weapon or bloodshed in a world in which wounds, swords, knives, and clubs represented aggression and in which the flow of blood determined the gravity of the crime. Necessarily involving preparation and secrecy, it was often perpetrated treacherously during a meal, a particularly heinous act in a universe that was united by the companionship of a meal and the sociability of drinking. The special horror associated with poisoning resulted from the treachery of those close to the victim-and a sudden death that prevented a final confession of sins.

Healthy Eating, Healthy World - Unleashing the Power of Plant-Based Nutrition (MP3 format, CD): J. Morris Hicks Healthy Eating, Healthy World - Unleashing the Power of Plant-Based Nutrition (MP3 format, CD)
J. Morris Hicks; Contributions by J Stanfield Hicks; Foreword by T Colin Campbell Phd, Nelson Campbell; Read by Mike Chamberlain
R754 R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Save R185 (25%) Out of stock
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