wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Why the Middle Ages Matter: Medieval Light on Modern Injustice
ISBN: 9780415780650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The word "medieval" is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. Why the Middle Ages Matter refreshes our thinking about this historical era, and our own, by looking at some pressing concerns from today's world, asking how these issues were really handled in the medieval period, and showing why the past matters now. The contributors here cover topics such as torture, marriage, sexuality, imprisonment, refugees, poverty, work, the status of women, disability, race, political leadership and end of life care. They focus on a variety of regions, from North... The word "medieval" is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. Why the Middle Ages Matter refreshes our think... |
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201,84 zł |
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The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era: Theology and Art of Christ's Passion
ISBN: 9780521039451 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Carolingian "renaissance" of the late eighth and ninth centuries, in what is now France, western Germany and northern Italy, transformed medieval European culture. At the same time it engendered a need to ensure that clergy, monks and laity embraced orthodox Christian doctrine. This book examines Carolingian thinking on the critical issue of the Passion. It considers how changes in the understanding of the Crucifixion are reflected in a range of contemporary writings, and the impact of those developments on a selection of artistic representations of the crucified Christ.
The Carolingian "renaissance" of the late eighth and ninth centuries, in what is now France, western Germany and northern Italy, transformed medieval ...
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290,84 zł |
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The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede
ISBN: 9789004390133 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 634 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) made at the northern English monastery of Wearmouth–Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrith (d. 716) and the Venerable Bede (d. 735), and the religious, cultural, and intellectual circumstances of their production. The key manuscript witness of this monastery’s Bible-making enterprise is the Codex Amiatinus, a massive illustrated volume sent toward Rome in June 716, as a gift to St. Peter. Amiatinus is the oldest extant, largely intact Latin full Bible....
The Codex Amiatinus and its “Sister” Bibles examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) mad...
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541,71 zł |
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Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies
ISBN: 9781403969422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The articles in this volume, by scholars all pursuing careers in the United States, concern the theoretical approaches and methods of early medieval studies. Most of the issues examined span the period from roughly 400 to 1000 CE and regions stretching from westernmost Eurasia to the Black Sea and the Baltic. This is the first volume of essays explicitly to reassess the heuristic structures and methodologies of research on "early medieval Europe." Because of its geographic, chronological, thematic, and methodological diversity and scope, the collection also showcases the breadth of early...
The articles in this volume, by scholars all pursuing careers in the United States, concern the theoretical approaches and methods of early medieval s...
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192,30 zł |
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Why the Middle Ages Matter : Medieval Light on Modern Injustice
ISBN: 9780415780643 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The word 'medieval' is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. This text refreshes our thinking about this historical era, and our own, by looking at some pressing concerns from today's world, asking how these issues were really handled in the medieval period, and showing why the past matters now.
The word 'medieval' is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. This text refreshes our thinking about this historical era...
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681,40 zł |