A study of the life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology, zoology and medicine. The essays approach Hildegard from a variety of perspectives including gender theory, musicology, art history and the history of science.
A study of the life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology, zoology and medi...
The medieval bestiary was the culmination and apogee of allegorical functions for animals, assembling stories and pictures of beasts and birds for purposes of moral instruction and courtly entertainment. It is indisputable that the bestiaries were an important medieval contribution to didactic religious literature. But far from comprising an isolated, specialist's genre available only to the religious and literate elite, bestiaries addressed concerns central to virtually all walks of Christian life.
The medieval bestiary was the culmination and apogee of allegorical functions for animals, assembling stories and pictures of beasts and birds for pur...
Conflicting Identities takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the 15th century, crossing from pre-Christian Scandinavia across western Christendom. The essays consult a broad and representative cross-section of sources including the work of theological, scholastic and monastic writers, sagas, hagiography and memoirs, material culture, chronicles, exampla and vernacular literature, sumptuary legislation, and the records of ecclesiastical courts. The studies address questions of what constituted male identity and male sexuality. How...
Conflicting Identities takes as its focus the construction of masculinity in Western Europe from the early Middle Ages until the 15th century, crossin...
This text attempts to capture a glimpse of heaven ranging from the ethereal to the mundane, utilizing means as diverse as maps, cathedrals, songs, treatises, poems, visions and even sewer systems. It examines well-known and previously unexplored texts and artifacts from the fields of history, theology, philosophy, art history and literature to compliment and challenge more general surveys of the history of heaven.
This text attempts to capture a glimpse of heaven ranging from the ethereal to the mundane, utilizing means as diverse as maps, cathedrals, songs, tre...
These essays explore the cultural significance of writing, reading and the book in the Middle Ages, and argues for an understanding of medieval cultures as combinations of oral and literary expressions. Essays explore the representation of books and reading in art, literature and iconography and the philosophical and religious significance of reading and literacy.
These essays explore the cultural significance of writing, reading and the book in the Middle Ages, and argues for an understanding of medieval cultur...
The most prominent Byzantine historian of the European Middle Ages, the princess Anne Komnene is most famous for the epic Alexiad, which marks a departure from the tradition of Byzantine history writing. It provides a vivid account of the state and society of Byzantium and the many clashes with the West during the period of the First Crusade (1081-1118). This critical anthology explores the life of Anne Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature.
The most prominent Byzantine historian of the European Middle Ages, the princess Anne Komnene is most famous for the epic Alexiad, which marks a depar...
