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Language: en
Pages: 308
Pages: 308
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-12-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
To write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and
Language: en
Pages: 344
Pages: 344
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-03-25 - Publisher: Yale University Press
How medieval Europe’s infatuation with expensive, fragrant, exotic spices led to an era of colonial expansion and discovery: “A consummate delight.” —Ma
Language: en
Pages: 106
Pages: 106
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Getty Publications
Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals and grand castles and pala
Language: en
Pages: 104
Pages: 104
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Getty Publications
Faces of Power and Piety is the second in the Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books that draw on manuscript illuminations in the collections of
Language: en
Pages: 313
Pages: 313
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-05-24 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
Incest is a remarkably frequent theme in medieval literature; it occurs in a wide range of genres, including romances, saints's lives, and exempla. Historically