Medieval Boundaries Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature Sharon Kinoshita "From beginning to end, Kinoshita drives home her innovative thesis: that the formation of French literary texts between 1150 and 1225 cannot adequately be understood without reference to various types of cross-cultural contact between French-speaking nobles and those perceived by them as cultural, religious, and linguistic 'others.'"--E. Jane Burns, University of North Carolina "Kinoshita has produced a book of major importance. Her command of the Francophone Middle Ages should exert an important critical...
Medieval Boundaries Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature Sharon Kinoshita "From beginning to end, Kinoshita drives home her innovative thesi...
Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her Lais, she also translated Aesop's Fables (the Ysope), and wrote the Espurgatoire seint Patriz (St Patrick's Purgatory), based on a Latin text. The aim of this Companion is both to provide information on what can be gleaned of her life, and on her poetry, and to rethink standard questions of interpretation, through topics with special relevance to medieval literature and culture. The variety of perspectives used highlights both the unity of Marie's...
Marie de France is the author of some of the most influential and important works to survive from the middle ages; arguably best-known for her Lais, s...
A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the development of the region from Neolithic times to the present.
Provides a valuable introduction to current debates on Mediterranean history and helps define the field for a new generation
Covers developments in the Mediterranean world from Neolithic times to the modern era
Enables fruitful dialogue among a wide range of disciplines, including history,...
A Companion to Mediterranean History presents a wide-ranging overview of this vibrant field of historical research, drawing together scholar...
This book provides a systematic framework for the emerging field of Mediterranean studies, collecting essays from scholars of history, literature, religion, and art history that seek a more fluid understanding of -Mediterranean.- It emphasizes the interdependence of Mediterranean regions and the rich interaction (both peaceful and bellicose, at sea and on land) between them. It avoids applying the national, cultural and ethnic categories that developed with the post-Enlightenment domination of northwestern Europe over the academy, working instead towards a dynamic and thoroughly...
This book provides a systematic framework for the emerging field of Mediterranean studies, collecting essays from scholars of history, literature, ...
