Medieval Icelandic Bodies in "Tristram ok Isodd" examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters in the Icelandic version of the Tristan romance, the Saga af Tristram ok Isodd, through the lens of the Islendingasoegur, the classic sagas of the early Icelanders. Although its origins are somewhat unclear, the Saga af Tristram ok ......
In The Triumph of Christianity Redescribed, Eric Rebillard argues that the appearance of Christian signs and practices in the Roman Empire has long been misunderstood. Rather than marking a rapid wave of conversions or the triumph of belief, the spread of Christian signs reflected a more complex and fluid religious landscape. Rebillard offers a ......
Scorn, Shame, and the Simple Reader reveals how a cluster of rarely studied guides to the religious life helped forge a new identity in late medieval England. Lifting passages wholesale from texts originally intended only for holy virgins walled up in cells, these treatises turned Christlike shame and scorn for the world
When the Hungarian king Andrew III died without an heir in 1301, the network of intermarriages that defined medieval European politics all but guaranteed a struggle for succession among several royal houses. Through his Hungarian grandmother, the eleven-year-old Caroberto of Naples exerted his claim to the throne and was crowned Charles I of ......
When the Hungarian king Andrew III died without an heir in 1301, the network of intermarriages that defined medieval European politics all but guaranteed a struggle for succession among several royal houses. Through his Hungarian grandmother, the eleven-year-old Caroberto of Naples exerted his claim to the throne and was crowned Charles I of ......
The Complete Poems of Meo Dei Tolomei, Cecco Nuccoli, and Marino Ceccoli
Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian poets, bringing their verse and expression to English readers. Thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy produced a wide range of literature, from the courtly love of the Sicilian School, to the spiritualized love of the dolce stil nuovo ......
The Complete Poems of Meo Dei Tolomei, Cecco Nuccoli, and Marino Ceccoli
Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian poets, bringing their verse and expression to English readers. Thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy produced a wide range of literature, from the courtly love of the Sicilian School, to the spiritualized love of the dolce stil nuovo ......
Beyond the Elite focuses on the everyday social history of Jews in medieval northern and central Europe using four interpretive lenses: people, space, objects, and rituals. Contributors to this innovative volume discuss aspects of daily life through which non-elite Jews interacted with their Christian neighbors, while at the same time creating and ......
Beyond the Elite focuses on the everyday social history of Jews in medieval northern and central Europe using four interpretive lenses: people, space, objects, and rituals. Contributors to this innovative volume discuss aspects of daily life through which non-elite Jews interacted with their Christian neighbors, while at the same time creating and ......
