wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Shame and Honor: A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter
ISBN: 9780812223415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think." HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Founded by Edward III in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest chivalric honor among the gifts of the Queen of England and an institution that looks proudly back to its medieval origins. But what does the annual Garter procession of modern princes and politicians decked out in velvets and silks have to do with fourteenth-century institutions? And did the Order, in any event, actually originate in the wardrobe malfunction of... "It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think." HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh... |
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153,71 zł |
Shame and Honor: A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter
ISBN: 9780812243918 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think." HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Founded by Edward III in 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest chivalric honor among the gifts of the Queen of England and an institution that looks proudly back to its medieval origins. But what does the annual Garter procession of modern princes and politicians decked out in velvets and silks have to do with fourteenth-century institutions? And did the Order, in any event, actually originate in the wardrobe malfunction of... "It's a nice piece of pageantry. . . . Rationally it's lunatic, but in practice, everyone enjoys it, I think." HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh... |
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247,12 zł |
Wynnere and Wastoure
ISBN: 9780197222997 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This edition of the fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative poem "Wynnere and Wastoure" provides a highly useful introduction to the manuscript discussing in detail its date, provenance, and metre. In addition, it offers a concise summary, criticism, a bibliography, a commentary, glossary, and an index of names.
This edition of the fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative poem "Wynnere and Wastoure" provides a highly useful introduction to the manuscript...
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Congenial Souls: Reading Chaucer from Medieval to Postmodern Volume 30
ISBN: 9780816638239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Chaucer has been a persistently popular subject for editors, scholars and readers. This detailed and often challenging study, parts of which have been published before or presented as lectures, examines the changing nature of Chaucerian studies and the significance of Chaucer's works as a bridge between the medieval and modern worlds.
Chaucer has been a persistently popular subject for editors, scholars and readers. This detailed and often challenging study, parts of which have been...
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114,72 zł |
Facing Up to the History of Emotions
ISBN: 9783031464126 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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467,99 zł |
Affective Medievalism: Love, Abjection and Discontent
ISBN: 9781526126863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book argues that the temporal privilege of the medieval masks the extent to which the medieval and medievalistic are mutually constitutive and ultimately dependent not on absolutist epistemological claims but on how feelings and temperaments affect the way we approach the Middle Ages. -- .
The book argues that the temporal privilege of the medieval masks the extent to which the medieval and medievalistic are mutually constitutive and ult...
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466,78 zł |
30 Great Myths about Chaucer
ISBN: 9781119194057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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115,05 zł |