A bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature on medieval depictions of the Christian otherworld or afterlife that predate Dante. Among them are the apocalypses of Peter and Paul; the visions of Furseus, Charles the Fat, the Monk of Evesham, and others; and St. Patrick's Purgatory . Cites and ev

Written for the pilgrim and sightseer c.1143 by Benedict, a canon of St. Peter's, this is the best medieval guide to the city and an important source for the location of its medieval churches and ancient monuments. It narrates the early Christian legends that are connected with many of these sites; and documents the medieval sense of Rome's ancient grandeur. In the twelfth century the inhabited part of Rome, the abitato, as it was called, was a small city tucked into the bend of the Tiber River in the midst of the ruins of the great ancient city. The walls and gates of the ancient city were...

This essential and widely used collection of visions of heaven and hell, the first in English, presents new translations of two visions and newly edited versions of previously translated ones. Describes the place of these works in medieval literature and provides a helpful resource for studying elements of medieval religion. Includes: St. Peter's Apocalypse, St. Paul's Apocalypse, St. Brendan's Voyage, St. Patrick's Purgatory, and the Visions of Furseus, Drythelm, Wetti, Charles the Fat, Tundale, the Monk of Evesham, and Thurkill. Bibliography, index, glossary, notes, illustrated.

"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.

"Based on an actual medieval pilgrimage route, this work traces a contemporary route from Dublin to Lough Derg, Donegal. It provides a cultural itinerary through Ireland's medieval past with its surviving, but fragmentary, riches, as it crosses the Irish borders and landscape, its rivers and lakes"--Provided by publisher.

This is an introduction and practical guide to how humanists use the digital to research, organize, analyze, and publish findings.

"A Year in Union Square" presents 52 seasonal pasta dishes from the authors' home kitchen. This handy pocket-sized guide draws recipes from family, Italian and southern French cuisines, along with influences of other Mediterranean cooking. The authors follow each week of the year in New York's Union Square Greenmarket, presenting pasta recipes that savor the turning of the seasons and of the year and that are based on the changing vegetables and produce, fish, meats and dairy at the Market's farm stands. Each recipe features the Market's main weekly offerings, paired pastas and other...