The volume deals with Jerusalem as an idea and traces it not only in time but in various forms of art as well – such as architecture, book and wall-painting, and different literary genres – with the aim of covering the whole spectrum of Jerusalem images in medieval Czech lands.
This book explores the adversarial world of feminist activism by Muslim women within highly mediated environments (social media, screenwriting, documentary filmmaking, YouTube), focusing on agency, bodily integrity, and familial obligations.
Schools of art represent one of the building blocks of art history. This edited collection brings together 20 articles devoted to selected case studies from the Italian peninsula, the Low Countries, France, Spain, England, the German Empire, and Russia.
Collaborative Research in the Datafied Society offers a combination of theoretical insights,... Læs mere
This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans.
This book takes as its object of investigation an array of traumatic heritage sites and spaces of memory, including museums,... Læs mere
This collection adopts a transnational approach that highlights the complexity of Timor-Leste’s road to independence.
Monsters fascinate us. In this book, twenty-two scholars explore how themes such as mental health,... Læs mere
A prose work interspersed with poetry, Le Printemps d'Yver was highly popular in its day, seeing thirty editions between 1572 and 1635. This modern English translation constitutes the first complete translation of the original French text.
Grand, extravagant, magnificent, scandalous, corrupt, political, personal, fractious; these are... Læs mere
The oldest illustrated manuscript in Dutch contains a 13th-century Rijmbijbel (Rhymed Bible) by Jacob van Maerlant, a biblical paraphrase in... Læs mere
This volume aims to uncover the diverse approach to plants in the Renaissance and seventeenth century that paved the way for a definition of botany as a fully-fledged discipline.