‎Langage‎

‎J D O'Connor‎

‎A Course of English Pronunciation‎

‎BBC 1954. 128pp booklet issued to accompany the BBC radio course. Undated but foreword gives 1954. An excellent copy with minor wrinkling to the title page. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. BBC Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 056041

‎J E Mansion‎

‎Harrap's New Shorter French and English Dictionary‎

‎George G Harrap 1967. The completely revised enlarged and reset edition. Each letter has its own pagination but must be over 1000pp in total. Clean solid copy in a worn and torn jacket. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. George G Harrap Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 047072

‎J G Anderson‎

‎Le Mot Juste‎

‎J m Dent and Sons 1932. "An Anglo-French lexicon with verbal illustrations" which "gives all the main senses of those French and English words which do not quite cover the same area and adds a considerable number of words omitted by its predecessors in print." Near very good copy robustly bound and unmarked internally. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. J m Dent and Sons Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 054153

‎J Guillemi‎

‎Saint Jean le Baptiste et l'Evang�liste Paperback‎

‎Paris France: Apostolat De La Presse 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7 in- 9 in Tall. Couverture souple. texte francais. Bon etat. Pages jaunies. <br/> <br/> Apostolat De La Presse paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 113850

‎J Heron Lepper‎

‎The New Enlarged Cassell's German-English English-German Compact Dictionary‎

‎Cassell 1958 "With a phonetc key to the pronunciation of German words and appendices containing lists of German and English irregular verbs and geographical and proper names." Some tape marks and a small tear to an otherwise complete jacket; tidy clean interior. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Cassell hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 023913

‎J M & M J Cohen‎

‎The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations‎

‎London: Penguin Books. Good/No Jacket. 1982. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall 0-14-051-016-8 . Penguin Books paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 007501 ISBN : 0140510168 9780140510164

‎J Macnamara‎

‎Names for Things: Study of Human Learning A Bradford book‎

‎Cambridge MA U.S.A.: MIT Press 1982. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Small plain label inside cover.Some rubbing and darkening to d/j. MIT Press Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 051604 ISBN : 0262131692 9780262131698

‎J Marshall Unger‎

‎Ideogram‎

‎Honolulu Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press 2004. pages clean dulled yellowing. binding tight hinges creased. edge wear with dents chips. corners dented creased and split. covers worn dented scratched scuffed ink chipped dulled aged back cover soiled slightly starting to yellow ect. spine edges dented. general shelf wear. . 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good -. University of Hawaii Press Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 027845 ISBN : 0824827600 9780824827601

‎J Michelet:‎

‎PRECIS DE L'HISTOIRE MODERNE‎

‎G (no dj, green marbled boards quarter-bound with brown leather spine, impressed bands on spine and gilt titles, leather rubbed and worn edges and spine joints, boards rubbed all edges and corners all rubbed and bumped, fairly heavy browning to edges of prelims and fly leaves and foxing gutter of half-title page, text block binding tight and pages clean, light age browning page edges) 12mo 442pp. Ouvrage adopte par Le Conseil de L'Universite et prescrit pour l'enseignement de l'histoire moderne dans les colleges et dans tous les etablissments d'instruction publique. Neuvieme edition. Text in French language throughout.‎

‎J Stanislawski‎

‎English-Polish and Polish-English Dictionary‎

‎Roy Undated possibly forties dictionary. 884pp in total. Shelfworn covers and a cracked hinge. Good reference copy. Cloth. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Roy Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 048644

‎J Taylore Knowles & M Rogers‎

‎Openmind American Edition Level 1 Studen‎

‎Macmillan Education Elt 2014. 2nd Revised edition. Paperback. New. Second edition. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3298630</p> Macmillan Education Elt paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 3298630 ISBN : 0230459080 9780230459083

‎J. Richard;‎

‎Au-dela de la Perse et de l'Armenie. L'Orient latin et la decouverte de l'Asie interieure Quelques textes inegalement connus aux origines de l'alliance entre Francs et Mongols (1145-1262),‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Paperback, 206 p., 140 x 210 mm. ISBN 9782503517124.‎

‎L'apparition des Mongols, surgissant dans les premieres decennies du XIIIe siecle des profondeurs de l'Asie, a change le destin de l'Europe orientale. Elle a en meme temps ouvert aux Europeens de l'Ouest les routes de l'Asie. Depuis la fin de l'epoque romaine, des peuples venus des steppes s'etaient succedes, penetrant a plusieurs reprises, plus ou moins profondement dans l'espace europeen ou plusieurs d'entre eux s'etaient implantes. Les Occidentaux ne s'etaient guere preoccupes de s'informer das causes de ces migrations et de leur llieu d'origine. La premiere campagne mongole en 1222 n'avait pas inquiete l'Occident. Il en fut autrement de la seconde, pendant laquelle les "Tartares" arriverent en Hongrie en 1237 et poursuivirent leur avance en direction de l'Ouest; mais cette menace s'estompa vers 1260. Il fallut pour que les choses changent, que le danger se rapproche des terres franques du royaume latin d'Orient. C'est lorsque les Mongols menacent Antioche, en 1243, que l'on commence a s'emouvoir. Et c'est alors qu'apparaissent les ambassades, qui seront en meme temps des voyages de decouverte. Ce sont ces relations de voyage, les unes developpees, les autres tres breves, qui sont presentees dans ce recueil. On y lira les temoignages suivants: l'emergence de l'image du Pretre Jean chez Otton de Freising, la Relation de David (en deux versions), les renseignements donnes a Mathieu Paris par Andre de Longjumeau, l'Histoire des Tartares de Simon de Saint-Quentin, des lettres du gouverneur de Perse Eljigidei ou celle de Hulegu a Saint Louis, ou celle du connetable d'Armenie a des cousins francs. Tous ces documents anterieurs aux voyages de Marco Polo nous offrent un apercu inedit en traduction francaise de la facon dont les occidentaux ont essaye de s'informer sur la civilisation et le monde mongols dans la deuxieme moitie du XIIIe siecle. Languages : French.‎

Ссылка продавца : 40088

‎J. Garapon dir‎

‎Cardinal de retz. mémoires - Littérature classique numéro 57 hiver 2006‎

‎SLC REVUE 2005 200 pages 15 6x1 2x23 2cm. 2005. Broché. 200 pages.‎

‎bon état intérieur propre livre un peu gondolé‎

Ссылка продавца : 100119201

‎J. F. Ruys, J. O. Ward, M. Heyworth (eds.);‎

‎Classics in the Medieval and Renaissance Classroom. The Role of Ancient Texts in the Arts Curriculum as Revealed by Surviving Manuscripts and Early Printed Books,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 Hardback, approx. X+455 pages ., 2 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503527543.‎

‎Medievalists and Renaissance specialists contribute to this compelling volume examining how and why the classics of Greek and Latin culture were taught in various Western European curricula (including in England, Scotland, France, Germany, and Italy) from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries. By analysing some of the commentaries, glosses, and paraphrases of these classics that were deployed in medieval and Renaissance classrooms, and by offering greater insight into premodern pedagogic practice, the chapters here emphasize the 'pragmatic' aspects of humanist study. The volume proposes that the classics continued to be studied in the medieval and Renaissance periods not simply for their cultural or 'ornamental' value, but also for utilitarian reasons, for 'life lessons'. Because the volume goes beyond analysing the educational manuals surviving from the premodern period and attempts to elucidate the teaching methodology of the premodern period, it provides a nuanced insight into the formation of the premodern individual. The volume will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students interested in medieval and Renaissance history in general, as well as those interested in the history of educational theory and practice, or in the premodern reception of classical literature. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 37505

‎J. Gautier Dalche;‎

‎Gutierre Diaz de GamezLe Victorial,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2001 Paperback, 376 p., 130 x 210 mm. ISBN 9782503510699.‎

‎Le "Victorial" - le titre s'explique par le fait que le heros ne fut jamais vaincu - peut etre lu de plusieurs manieres. Il presente une suite de tableaux de la vie chevaleresque au temps de la guerre de Cent ans: intrigues politiques a la suite de l'arrivee sur le trone de Castille de la dynastie Trastamare, rapports avec les membres de la haute aristocratie castillane et francaise a l'epoque ou la Castille et la France sont alliees contre l'Angleterre, prouesses et faits d'armes sur terre et sur mer, joutes et tournois, fetes, amours heureuses ou contrariees. Toutes les aventures du heros contribuent a former une image du parfait chevalier, fidele a son seigneur, dont la vie en tous points conforme a l'ideal reflete les valeurs de la societe aristocratique de son temps. Par la variete des milieux et des evenements decrits, en Castille aussi bien qu'en France, le Victorial est aussi un document de premiere main pour tout ce qui releve de la vie quotidienne. Les divers aspects de l'art nautique et de l'art militaire, en particulier, sont decrits avec une grande precision. Le talent de son auteur, temoin oculaire qui fut le propre porte-banniere de Pero Nino et l'accompagna dans ses campagnes, a su incarner ces valeurs grace a une culture etendue et a un art certain. Les reminiscences de l'histoire ancienne, qu'il s'agisse de la guerre de Troie, de l'histoire d'Alexandre et de Cesar, les origines legendaires des peuples, les digressions sur toutes sortes de sujets de philosophie politique, d'ethique ou de physique, la variete et la vivacite des recits contribuent au plaisir du lecteur. Languages : French.‎

Ссылка продавца : 40067

‎J. Tolmie, M. J. Toswell (eds.);‎

‎Laments for the Lost in Medieval Literature,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2010 Hardback, XII+306 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503528588.‎

‎This collection addresses the cultural construction of lament and mourning in the Middle Ages of northern Europe, with a particular focus on grief at the loss of children. This is a collection of essays on the subject of lament in the medieval period, with a particular emphasis on parental grief. The analysis of texts about pain and grief is an increasingly important area in medieval studies, offering as it does a means of exploring the ways in which cultural meanings arise from loss and processes of mourning. The international scholars who come together to produce this volume discuss subjects as diverse as lament psalms in Old and Middle English, medieval Latin laments, mourning in Anglo-Saxon literature, mourning through objects, medieval art and archaeology, Old French poetic elegy, skaldic poetry, medieval women?s writing, Old Polish drama, English massacre plays, and Middle English nativity lyrics. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 39912

‎J. Vendryes‎

‎Le langage. Introduction linguistique à l'histoire‎

‎vol in-8, 200x140, relié demi cuir, jolie reliure " Art déco ", 455pp. Une page manuscrite insérée. Paris, Albin Michel, 1939 Bibliothèque d'un érudit, d'autres ouvrages de ce thème en vente, groupez les achats ! ref/Me71‎

Ссылка продавца : CZC-7872

‎J. Quinn, K. HESLOP, T. Wills (eds.);‎

‎Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World Essays in Honour of Margaret Clunies Ross,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2007 Hardback, XIV+456 p., 7 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503525808.‎

‎This volume presents twenty essays by leading scholars of Old Norse which bring into focus the nature of learned traditions - both oral and written - in medieval Scandinavia and the interpretation and re-interpretation of them over time. Theoretical frameworks for understanding Old Norse literature is the initial topic of the collection, which then moves on to present recent work on Old Norse myth and society; current perspectives on oral traditions in performance and text; and reflections on medieval ideas about language, both vernacular and Latin. The collection is rounded off by a section on prolonged traditions - the transformation of local and imported traditions into new literary forms. Individual essays in the volume offer significant primary research as well as reconsiderations of key issues in scholarship, their subjects ranging widely, both conceptually and chronologically, around the twin themes of learning and understanding. Like the research of the volume's honorand, Margaret Clunies Ross, Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World exemplifies the diversity and vigour of current research in the field of Old Norse and draws together philological, literary, historical and anthropological perspectives on the subject. Languages : English, Old Norse.‎

Ссылка продавца : 39911

‎J. Jenkins, O. Bertrand (eds.);‎

‎Medieval Translator. Traduire au Moyen Age,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2007 Paperback, XXV+466 p., 2 b/w ill., 150 x 230 mm. ISBN 9782503525358.‎

‎Fundamental to all translation work, the concept of 'displacement' allows one to take into account the multiple successive states inhering in a single text, and to interpret these variations. Translation is, in effect, a form of transfer; more specifically, it involves a movement from one context to another, be it national, social, political, historical, linguistic or religious. The texts examined here illustrate, each in their unique way, the relationship between contextual change and audience. They are also the product of subtle interactions between a variety of elements, the result of which is a 'reinvention' of their respective roles and uses over time. For example, a text intending to entertain may also have educational outcomes; a book of local miracles may attract pilgrims and contribute to the economic life of a monastery; a text and its translations may at some point be appropriated for polemical purposes, while a library of translated texts founded on humanist principals may also serve political ends. Furthermore, each successive adaptation and its accompanying annotations impacts upon the tonality of a text. While this diversity of meanings may inspire some (such as the medieval poet Marie de France), it moreover raises a number of important and difficult questions for the modern translator. How, for example, does one translate the 'harmonics' underlying a series of mystical puns? The 'solution' usually involves a compromise that both enhances and undermines the translated text. This volume presents a selection of twenty-eight papers delivered at the Seventh International Conference dedicated to The Theory and Practice of Translation in the Middle Ages, which took place at the University of Paris III - Nouvelle Sorbonne in July 2004. The period covered by the texts and their translations extends from antiquity to the present day. The literary and critical breadth of these papers, as well as the rigorous interrogation of the modern translation theory, illustrates the remarkable vitality and diversity of current scholarship in this field. Au coeur de toute activite de traduction, le concept de deplacement permet de rendre compte des multiples etats successifs d'un meme texte et d'en interpreter les variations. Toute traduction est en effet une translation, c'est-a-dire un changement d'environnement, que ce dernier soit national, social, politique, historique, linguistique ou ecclesial. Les textes examines ici temoignent chacun a sa maniere des transformations qu'ils ont subies lorsque, changeant de langue, de style ou d'epoque, ils ont change de destinataires. La dynamique qui les traverse se nourrit de subtils cotoiements : un desir legitime de divertir peut fort bien s'accommoder d'une intention didactique ; un recueil de miracles locaux peut attirer des pelerins, contribuant ainsi a la vie economique d'un monastere ; un texte et ses traductions peuvent devenir l'objet d'utilisations polemiques ; se constituer en humaniste une bibliotheque de traductions peut aussi servir un dessein politique. Par ailleurs les transpositions successives et leurs gloses, comme en musique, entrainent des changements de tonalite. Ce 'surplus' de sens qu'encourage Marie de France pourra cependant se heurter a des resistances : comment par exemple preserver d'une langue a l'autre toutes les harmoniques que libere un enchainement de jeux de mots mystiques ... Ainsi l'inevitable compromis qui s'imposera au traducteur sera souvent le choix d'un enrichissement double d'une deperdition. Ce volume presente une selection des communications entendues lors du septieme colloque international consacre a la theorie et la pratique de la traduction des textes au Moyen Age qui s'est tenu a l'Universite de Paris III- Sorbonne Nouvelle en juillet 2004. La periode couverte par ces textes et leurs traductions s'etend de l'Antiquite jusqu'a nos jours. Ce sont au total vingt-huit etudes qui sont ici proposees. La richesse des domaines abordes, la haute technicite des analyses, de meme que la place faite aux questionnements de la traductologie moderne illustrent la remarquable vitalite des etudes actuelles relatives aux multiples aspects de la traduction des textes medievaux. Languages : English, French.‎

Ссылка продавца : 39927

‎J. Dor, L. Johnson, J. Wogan-Browne (eds.);‎

‎New Trends in Feminine Spirituality The Holy Women of Liege and their Impact.,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1999 Hardback, XIV+350 p., 160 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503507682.‎

‎The essays in this volume examine not only the beguinage religious life in the southern Low Countries, but also the impact of this movement on later medieval Sweden, England and France, the new modes of influence by women in their religious lives, and the revivals of feminine spirituality. Was there a women's movement in the thirteenth century and is such a question meaningful in its medieval context? Far from being resolved, the issue of whether women had a thirteenth-century renaissance has still decisively to unsettle the periodization of Western European history in twelfth and sixteenth-century humanist renaissances. Herbert Grundmann long ago demonstrated the participation of women in the eremitically-inspired reforming movements of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and in the production of vernacular literature. Yet it is upon his work that this volume builds, for the diocese of Liege is the key area in this development. It was from Liege that Jacques de Vitry approached the papacy to secure permission for the women of this bishopric of Liege, France and Germany to live together and to promote holiness in each other by mutual example. The seventeen contributors to this volume examine not only the beguine religious life in the southern Low Countries, but also the impact of this movement on later medieval Sweden, England and France, the new modes of influence exerted by women in their religious lives, and the revivals of feminine spirituality in the late medieval West through to contemporary North America. Research does not yet allow for a whole new synthesis, but this volume directs scholars to detailed work on specific localities and persons, with an awareness of the problems and possibilities of wider European comparisons. The contributors are: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne and Marie-Elisabeth Henneau, Anne Blonstein, Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen, Alexandra Barratt, Penny Galloway, Brenda Bolton, Bridget Morris, Marjorie Curry Woods, Carolyne Larrington, Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Katie Normington, Jane Chance, Ulrike Wiethaus, Luce Irigaray and Antonia Lacey. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 39931

‎J. Hamesse‎

‎Repertorium initiorum manuscriptorum latinorum medii aevi, Vol. I: A-C‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2007 Hardcover. XXXVI 658 p., 165 x 240 mm, Languages: French, Latin, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503527277.‎

‎L?originalite du nouveau repertoire d?incipit de manuscrits medievaux latins reside dans le caractere inedit de la majorite de la documentation rassemblee. Repondant a un souhait exprime depuis longtemps par plusieurs chercheurs, nous avons essaye d?enregistrer des informations figurant dans des fichiers peu ou pas accessibles a la majorite des medievistes. Constitues au fil du temps par des erudits ou par des equipes de chercheurs, ce materiel est susceptible de rendre d?enormes services a tous ceux qui souhaitent retrouver les manuscrits ayant conserve une oeuvre donnee ou bien encore identifier l?auteur d?un ouvrage considere jusqu?a present comme anonyme. Pour le moyen age, l?incipit d?un manuscrit ou d?une oeuvre, c?est-a-dire les premiers mots d?un texte, est le seul moyen tout a fait sur d?identification. Beaucoup de textes medievaux sont anonymes ou faussement attribues. Seul l?incipit peut alors servir a reperer les differents manuscrits qui conservent encore actuellement une oeuvre donnee. Des recherches peuvent etre faites sur differentes zones afin d?obtenir l?ensemble de la documentation concernant un incipit. L?ensemble du materiel sera publie en quatre volumes. Le dernier comprendra des index d?auteurs, de bibliotheques et de titres pour faciliter la consultation des donnees. Nous esperons donc que ce nouveau repertoire accessible dans les cabinets de manuscrits constituera une aide precieuse lors des recherches menees sur un manuscrit.‎

Ссылка продавца : 45639

‎J. Hamesse‎

‎Repertorium initiorum manuscriptorum latinorum medii aevi, Vol. III: P-Z‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2009 Hardcover. 792 pages ., 165 x 240 mm, Languages: French, Latin, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503533216.‎

‎L?originalite du nouveau repertoire d?incipit de manuscrits medievaux latins reside dans le caractere inedit de la majorite de la documentation rassemblee. Repondant a un souhait exprime depuis longtemps par plusieurs chercheurs, nous avons essaye d?enregistrer des informations figurant dans des fichiers peu ou pas accessibles a la majorite des medievistes. Constitues au fil du temps par des erudits ou par des equipes de chercheurs, ce materiel est susceptible de rendre d?enormes services a tous ceux qui souhaitent retrouver les manuscrits ayant conserve une oeuvre donnee ou bien encore identifier l?auteur d?un ouvrage considere jusqu?a present comme anonyme. Pour le moyen age, l?incipit d?un manuscrit ou d?une oeuvre, c?est-a-dire les premiers mots d?un texte, est le seul moyen tout a fait sur d?identification. Beaucoup de textes medievaux sont anonymes ou faussement attribues. Seul l?incipit peut alors servir a reperer les differents manuscrits qui conservent encore actuellement une oeuvre donnee. Des recherches peuvent etre faites sur differentes zones afin d?obtenir l?ensemble de la documentation concernant un incipit. L?ensemble du materiel sera publie en quatre volumes. Le dernier comprendra des index d?auteurs, de bibliotheques et de titres pour faciliter la consultation des donnees. Nous esperons donc que ce nouveau repertoire accessible dans les cabinets de manuscrits constituera une aide precieuse lors des recherches menees sur un manuscrit.‎

Ссылка продавца : 45641

‎J. Adams, K. Holman (eds.);‎

‎Scandinavia and Europe 800-1350 Contact, conflict and co-existence,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Hardback, XXII+369 p., 60 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503510859.‎

‎This volume examines the various forms of contact between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe from 800 to 1350. It consists of twenty-five papers from international scholars specialising in archaeology, onomastics, literature, art history, epigraphy, religious history and linguistics. The volume is innovative in three respects: (i) in transcending conventional historical boundaries, by bringing together work on both the viking and medieval periods; (ii) by examining the ways in which mainland Europe influenced Scandinavia (e.g. kingship, law and social organisation; and classical and continental literary traditions); and (iii) by synthesising all the material for an English-language readership for the first time. The broader timespan of investigation illustrates the changing nature of contact and the gradual integration of Scandinavia into European society: by 1350 Scandinavia was no longer a heathen outpost on the periphery of the known world, but an integral part of Western Christendom. The cultural impact of mainland Europe on Scandinavia, frequently mediated through religious channels, although less dramatic, is shown to have had a more significant long-term impact than the earlier viking raids. The volume is structured around the following sections: Historical and Archaeological Evidence for [Scandinavian] Contact with the British Isles; Evidence for the Linguistic Impact of Scandinavian Settlement; Evidence for the Impact of Christianity on Scandinavia; Textual Evidence for Contact, Conflict, and Coexistence. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 39886

‎J. Jenkins, K. J. Lewis (eds.);‎

‎St Katherine of Alexandria Texts and Contexts in Western Medieval Europe,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Hardback, XIV+257 p., 15 b/w ill., 160 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503512907.‎

‎This volume contains an interdisciplinary collection of essays on St Katherine of Alexandria and her followers. St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in Medieval Europe. This book constitutes the first interdisciplinary collection of essays to explore her cult and the range of meanings which St Katherine embodied for her devotees. The essays between them consider a wide range of evidence, from visual representations (wall paintings, manuscript illuminations, stained glass, and seals), to literary texts (lives of the saint, prayers, hymns, devotional manuscripts, and breviaries) as well as documentary evidence (wills, chronicles, ecclesiastical records and antiquarian writings) and the physical remains of churches and chapels dedicated to St Katherine. These sources are interpreted as part of wider manifestations of devotion to the saint in England, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Wales. The authors approach the cult from varying disciplinary and methodological perspectives, but all seek to uncover the various religious, social and cultural messages contained within the different versions of St Katherine which these particular texts and contexts offer. The volume as a whole therefore sheds light not only on devotion to St Katherine, but also on a much wider range of issues and ideologies governing the lives of her devotees and the societies in which they lived. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 40030

‎J. Ruys (ed.);‎

‎What Nature Does Not Teach. Didactic Literature in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2008 Hardback, XIV+530 p., 3 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503525969.‎

‎This interdisciplinary volume takes as its subject the multi-faceted genre of didactic literature (the literature of instruction) which constituted the cornerstone of literary enterprise and social control in medieval and early modern Europe. Following an Introduction that raises questions of didactic meaning, intent, audience, and social effect, nineteen chapters deal with the construction of the individual didactic voice and persona in the premodern period, didactic literature for children, women as the creators, objects, and consumers of didactic literature, the influence of advice literature on adult literacy, piety, and heresy, and the revision of classical didactic forms and motifs in the early modern period. Attention is paid throughout to the continuities of didactic literature across the medieval and early modern periods?its intertextuality, reliance on tradition, and self-renewal?and to questions of gender, authority, control, and the socially constructed nature of advice. Contributors particularly explore the intersection of advice literature with real lives, considering the social impact of both individual texts and the didactic genre as a whole. The volume deals with a wide variety of texts from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, written in languages from Latin through the European vernaculars to Byzantine Greek and Russian, offering a comprehensive overview of this pervasive and influential genre. Languages : English.‎

Ссылка продавца : 37501