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Medieval (to 1500)

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  • Women and Writing in Medieval Europeby Carolyne Larrington

    Routledge 1995; US$ 41.95

    Including literary, historical and theological writings by women, spanning one thousand years from Iceland to Byzantium, this book presents the most comprehensive collection of primary writings by and about medieval women. more...

  • Merlinby Peter Goodrich; Norris J. Lacy

    Routledge 2003; US$ 135.00

    This book deals with all aspects of the Merlin legend, from its origins to its expression in medieval and modern literature, film, and popular culture. Two of the reprinted essays are translated into English for the first time. more...

  • The Real Life Scenario Survival Handbookby Debbie Barham

    Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2004; US$ 4.99

    Covers all those vitally important life skills such as: how to extract your leg from a randy dog; forgetting the punchline of rude joke; getting your skirt stuck in your knickers; and ingesting a Railtrack sandwich. more...

  • Violence in Courtly Medieval Literatureby Albrecht Classen

    Routledge 2004; US$ 121.00

    Although courtly literature is often associated with a chivalrous and idyllic life, the essays in this collection demonstrate that the quest for love in medieval courtly literature was underpinned by violence. more...

  • Wonder Womenby Lillian Robinson

    Routledge 2004; US$ 34.95

    In her sparkling new book, Lillian Robinson looks at Wonder Women - all of them - Supergirl, Invisible Girl, Invisible Woman, She Hulk - and examines what these cartoon heroines mean for everyday life. more...

  • Arthurian Bibliography IVby Elaine Barber

    Boydell & Brewer 2002; US$ 140.00

    With the appearance in 1999 of the very extensive interim volume covering the years 1978 to 1992, the Arthurian Bibliography became once more the critical source for Arthurian Scholars. This fourth volume of entries, culled in the main from BBSIA, covers the years 1993 to 1998 inclusive. more...

  • Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrativeby J. A. Burrow; Alastair Minnis

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 28.00

    In medieval society, gestures and speaking looks played an even more important part in public and private exchanges than they do today. In this, the first study of its kind in English, John Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a range of narrative texts. more...

  • Love, war, and the Grailby H.J. Nicholson

    BRILL 2001; US$ 156.00

    A study of the appearances of the Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and Teutonic Knights in the French, German and English epic and romance literature of the Middle Ages. It examines their religious roles, their warrior role of fighting Muslims, and the role of "Templars" in the Grail romances. more...

  • Medieval and renaissance humanismby S.E. Gersh; B. Roest

    BRILL 2003; US$ 152.00

    This work discusses humanist aspects of medieval and Renaissance intellectual life and thought and of their appropriation by modern history and literature. It charts the humanist representations of the scholarly enterprise, and the self-representation of the intellectual. more...

  • Speaking in the medieval worldby J. Godsall-Myers

    BRILL 2003; US$ 138.00

    This work treats aspects of speaking in the Middle Ages, as evident in historical documents and literary texts. The role of speaking in society and literature is covered, and a closer analysis of how literary characters actually speak is offered. more...