This book reconstructs the history of beguine communities in one of medieval Europe's most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities: Paris. Drawing on an array of archival sources, Miller illuminates the important role beguines played in the economic, intellectual, and religious life of the city.
This book reconstructs the history of beguine communities in one of medieval Europe's most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities: Paris. Drawing on an array...
By examining periodization together with the two controversial categories of feudalism and secularization, Kathleen Davis exposes the relationship between the constitution of "the Middle Ages" and the history of sovereignty, slavery, and colonialism.
By examining periodization together with the two controversial categories of feudalism and secularization, Kathleen Davis exposes the relationship bet...
This is an examination of the descriptive art found in four medieval poems generally accepted as being the work of a single author: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", "Pearl", "Purity" and "Patience". It focuses on the poet's powers of physical description.
This is an examination of the descriptive art found in four medieval poems generally accepted as being the work of a single author: "Sir Gawain and th...
