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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Literature, Medieval"
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Body and spirit in the Middle Ages : literature, philosophy, medicine
Gubbini, Gaia

A crucial question throughout the Middle Ages, the relationship between body and spirit cannot be understood without an interdisciplinary approach – combining literature, philosophy and medicine. Gathering contributions by leading international scholars from these disciplines, the collected volume explores themes such as lovesickness, the five senses, memory and passions, in order to shed new…

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ISBN/ISSN
9783110615937
Collation
vi, 290. : ill.
Series Title
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Call Number
128.20902 GUB b
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Early printed narrative literature in Western Europe
Besamusca, BartWillaert, Frankde Bruijn, Elisabeth

The essays in this volume are concerned with early printed narrative texts in Western Europe. The aim of this book is to consider to what extent the shift from hand-written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in a number of vernacular languages. Did the advent of printing bring about changes in the corpus of narrative texts when compared with the corpus extant in manuscript c…

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ISBN/ISSN
9783110563016
Collation
X, 396 p.
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Call Number
809.02 EAR e
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Living with disfigurement in early medieval Europe
Skinner, Patricia

This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable indu…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781137544391
Collation
x, 282p. : ill.
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Call Number
809.02 SKI l
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Medieval empires and the culture of competition: literary duels at Islamic an…
England, Samuel

Shows how the interactive, confrontational practice of courtly arts shaped imperial thought in the Middle AgesA probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book shows the relationship between intellectual conflict and the geopolitics of empire. It examines the Persian Buyids’ takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of soverei…

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ISBN/ISSN
9781474425223
Collation
viii, 230 pages ; 25 cm
Series Title
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Call Number
909.07 ENG m