This volume brings together sixteen of Professor Israel M. Ta-Shma's outstanding studies that were originally written in English, four of which are being published here for the first time. Set in Germ
Powers (religious studies, Lewis and Clark College, Oregon) argues that in general, Muslim jurists treat intent as definitive of human actions most of the time; that when they do not, they have specif
During the Middle Ages, female monasteries relied on priests to provide for their spiritual care, chiefly to celebrate Mass in their chapels but also to hear their confessions and give last rites to t
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
A Primer of Medieval Latin was published with two purposes in mind: to provide a collection of material to prepare students to read ordinary medieval Latin texts and to meet the need of advanced stude
When Samuel's father, the grand vizier, hears Hamza call Samuel names and tells his son to make sure Hamza never speaks an unkind word to him again, Samuel knows he must obey but has a hard time findi
This book brings together the text with many of the artworks it has inspired; from exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts and the graphic woodcuts of Albrecht Durer, to paintings by Turner and Wil