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The Terror of the Seas?
This book places early modern Scottish maritime warfare in its European context. Its formidably broad range of sources sheds light on many previously little known, or unknown, aspects of naval history. It also provides many valuable new perspectives on the importance of the sea to the Scots, and of the Scots to the naval history of Great Britain.
Ibsen's Lively Art
Ibsen's Lively Art explores key stage productions and clusters of productions in detail.
The Conquest of the North Atlantic
The story of how the fearsome Atlantic Ocean was explored by early sailors, including the Vikings, whose brilliant navigation matched their bravery. The early voyages into the deep waters of the Atlantic rank among the greatest feats of exploration. In tiny, fragile vessels the Irish monks searched for desolate places in the ocean in which to pursue their vocation; their successors, the Vikings, with their superb ship-building skills, created fast, sea-worthy craft which took them far out into the unknown, until they finally reached Greenland and America. G.J. Marcus looks at the history of theseexpeditions not only as a historian, but also as a practical sailor. Besides the problem of what ...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Re: The Ash Lad
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Approaches to the Medieval Self
The main aim of this book is to discuss various modes of studying and defining the medieval self, based on a wide span of sources from medieval Western Scandinavia, c. 800-1500, such as archeological evidence, architecture and art, documents, literature, and runic inscriptions. The book engages with major theoretical discussions within the humanities and social sciences, such as cultural theory, practice theory, and cognitive theory. The authors investigate how the various approaches to the self influence our own scholarly mindsets and horizons, and how they condition what aspects of the medieval self are 'visible' to us. Utilizing this insight, we aim to propose a more syncretic approach to...
A History of Scandinavian Theatre
A balanced and authoritative account of the theatrical history of all three Scandinavian countries.
Ungeordnete Unzucht
Prostitution hat es immer gegeben - wird es immer geben. Auch heute noch beherrschen plakative Gemeinplatze dieser Art die Vorstellungswelt. Jedoch versperrt das Bild einer ver-meintlich ahistorischen Konstante den Blick auf lokale und regionale Besonderheiten. Der Mythos des mittelalterlichen Frauenhauses und Badepuffs speist sich vornehmlich aus Untersuchungen zu suddeutschen und sudeuropaischen Stadten. Doch wie sahen die Verhaltnisse im Norden aus? Am Beispiel der Stadte Lubeck, Bergen und Helsingor wird im vor-liegenden Band versucht, diese terra incognita naher zu beleuchten. Dabei breitet sich ein Panorama unterschiedlichster Formen der Prostitution aus. Durch die weitgehende Unorgani...
