This volume contains papers presented at sessions at the 2005 International Medieval Congress organized by Mostert (medieval studies, U. of Utrecht) and Barnwell (historic environment, U. of Oxford).
Christianity changed the culture and society of Iceland, as it also did in other parts of Northern Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. One of the important areas of change involved the
This volume explores the reciprocal relationships that can develop between medieval women writers and the modern scholars who study them. Medieval women writers discussed include those writing in the
Verbist (faculty of arts, Leuven Catholic University) combines mathematical and medieval scholarship in this study of the attempts of eight medieval authors from 990-1135 to correct the Christian cale
This book probes the nature of the clash of cultures as a process of identification and classification of the unknown. 'There is no world of thought that is not a world of language and one sees of the
Four customaries that describe the daily life and liturgy at the abbey of Cluny over nearly 100 years beginning at the end of the 10th century comprise both the sources and the object of these 14 stud
Spanish historians explore the complex economic and social relationships in the cities of the several Medieval kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula. One of their goals is to dispel the assumption that th
More than merely containers for holy bodies and objects, reliquaries powerfully mediated the experience of the sacred for their medieval audiences: they presented beautiful, glorified visions of the r
The line between history and hagiography in late antique and medieval writing is often permeable. The essays in this volume support the belief that the authors of both forms were aware of the distinct
All literature is written with the intent of imparting understanding. However, some are more openly didactic, from books of manners to travel guides to how rulers should conduct themselves. Ruys (Cent
Features a study that addresses the question whether the history of Jewish hand-written book production and consumption until the beginning of Hebrew printing mirrors compromises between economic cons
Twenty experts in law, linguistics, literature, history, and religion analyze one of the most important books produced in medieval England. 0'Textus Roffensis', a Rochester Cathedral book of the early
Horie, who is not otherwise identified, looks at how the concepts of ecclesia materialis, ecclesia universalis, and ecclesia singularis are reflected in sermons written to dedicate churches in medieva
This publication is the first volume in the Cursor Mundi series, which will present multi- and inter-disciplinary studies of the medieval and early modern period, emphasizing cultural exchange or the
In a series generated by annual conferences of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, this volume surveys recent multidisciplinary analyses digesting food as an important key to the
Medievalists from the US and Britain examine evidence of the third-century saint's popularity across Europe throughout the Middle Ages, and suggest some reasons for it. Prominent questions they addres
This collection of 12 articles on enhancing and improving the value of issues of gender in medieval studies is dedicated to Anneke Mulder-Bakker in appreciation of her efforts to introduce gender as a
