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The Laughter of the Saints examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their influence to the anti-heroes and picaresque roots of early modern novels such as Don Quixote.
The Blickling Homilies predates Ælfric’s well-known sermons. It describes the lives of saints and salvation history, and looks ahead to the Day of Judgment. This edition, with a... Læs mere
This is a cross-disciplinary study of the Mediterranean in antiquity, which combines archaeology, history,... Læs mere
This book examines why trading emporia emerged in early Medieval Northern Europe. It demonstrates that the history of emporia is closely linked to the expansion of maritime trade, colonization, piracy, and warfare - the basis for what we know today as the Viking Age.
Focuses on the impact of crusading on the people of Europe, and the diverse cultural, political and religious legacies that were left behind. This wide-ranging collection will interest readers from undergraduates to specialists.
This book draws on hieroglyphic texts, imagery, and archaeological finds to reconstruct interactions through which the Classic Maya exchanged knowledge about their hieroglyphic script and how to use it. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Throughout Islamic history, Muslim jurists have prohibited sex between men. Tracing Muslim discourses across the first five centuries of... Læs mere
A sweeping, definitive history of the dynamic, expansionist dynasty that forged the Middle Ages - and Europe - as we know it.
This volume examines power and the paratext inmedieval books from intellectual disciplines such as history of the book, law, science, music, medicine, literature, art, and philosophy.