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Violence in Courtly Medieval Literature
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 141.00Although courtly literature is often associated with a chivalrous and idyllic life, the fifteen original essays in this collection demonstrate that the quest for love in the world of medieval courtly literature was underpinned by violence. Lovers were rejected, mistrust ruled, rape was a rampant problem, and marriage was often characterized by brutality.... more...
The Medieval Chastity Belt
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 95.00The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the ?dark? Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or rather contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly erroneous interpretations of alleged control mechanisms used by... more...
Sexuality in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 196.00The studies in this volume explore the phenomenon of sexuality in a variety of medieval and early-modern literatures, including Old English texts, Middle-High German narratives, medieval Spanish and early-modern French literature, and also eighteenth-century English novels. Art historians, historians, and social historians contribute as much as researchers... more...
The Poems of Oswald von Wolkenstein
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00This is the first complete English translation of Oswald von Wolkenstein's poems, regarded as lyric masterpieces of the late Middle Ages. more...
Urban Space in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 196.00The contributors to this new volume explore the wide gamut of characteristic features determining the rise of the city as a central living space since the high Middle Ages, and extend the investigation up to the eighteenth century. Historians, literary historians, and art historians reflect upon the meaning of urban space as it evolved since ca. 1200,... more...
Paracelsus im Kontext der Wissenschaften seiner Zeit
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 147.00This second volume of the ?Theophrastus Paracelsus Studies? presents a collection of papers by international scholars from a variety of disciplines. They illuminate the factors from the history of culture and mentality which were of significance for Paracelsus' work, and his comprehensive activity in religion, medicine and alchemy, together with his... more...
Laughter in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 210.00Despite popular opinions of the ?dark Middle Ages? and a ?gloomy early modern age?, many people laughed, smiled, giggled, chuckled, enternained and rediculed each other. This volume demonstrates how important laughter had been at times and how diverse the situations proved to be in which people laughed. The contributions examine a wide gamut of significant... more...
Handbook of Medieval Studies
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 923.00This interdisciplinary handbook provides extensive information about research in medieval studies and its most important results over the last decades. The handbook is a reference work which enables the readers to quickly and purposely gain insight into the important research discussions and to inform themselves about the current status of research... more...
Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 133.00Contrary to modern assumptions, sexual violence and rape were treated as severe crimes in the Middle Ages. This book examines the testimony in medieval and early modern German literature and traces the discourse on both aspects from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries. Most comments about rape come from male writers, and medieval literature... more...
Religion und Gesundheit
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 196.00The contributors to this anthology present a fascinating spectrum of research, dealing partly with Theophrast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) and partly with the scientific discourse on health and illness in general in the Early Modern Era in the context of religion and medicine. How did people view trained doctors, what did they think about the various... more...









