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The Christina Psalter
This book is the first detailed analysis of an exquisitely illuminated thirteenth-century Parisian manuscript (The Royal Library, Copenhagen) which was owned by Christina of Norway (1234-1262), daughter of Håkon IV and wife of Philip of Castile and León. New information is provided about the Psalter?'s medieval and later components, its liturgical and other functions, missing illuminations and texts, as well as its provenance and date. Furthermore, the stylistic and iconographic similarities between the Psalter and some of the most important manuscripts illuminated in Paris in the Period, like the three-volume Moralized Bibles, are discussed. Suggestions also are made about the meanings the texts and images might have had for their intended audience.
The Copenhagen Bohun Manuscripts
"The Copenhagen Bohun Manuscripts: Women, Representation and Reception in Fourteenth-Century England" provides a detailed analysis of the components of two exquisitely illuminated fourteenth-century English manuscripts, the Hours of the Virgin (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 547, 4 ) and the Lives of the Virgin Mary, St. Margaret and Mary Magdalene (Copenhagen, Royal Library, MS Thott 517, 4 ), executed for the Bohun family. Based on pictorial as well as documentary evidence and in light of the dynastic and devotional concerns of the family matriarch, the author draws new conclusions about the manuscripts patronage, provenance, imagery, and texts. "
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. 330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores both his theology and his general importance as an independent thinker, profile writer, orator, and poet. Gregory has often been in the shadow of the other Cappadocians - Basil of Ceasarea and Gregory of Nyssa.
The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Premodern Europe
This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. Studies here range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object, and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values.
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Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Rhetors and Their Art 400-1300, with Manuscript Survey to 1500 CE is a completely updated version of John Ward’s much-used doctoral thesis of 1972, and is the definitive treatment of this fundamental aspect of medieval and rhetorical culture.
The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
Provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the period between approximately 500 and 1500 C.E.
A Theology of Love
This book explores the different dimensions of Christian love. It argues that all expressions of love are wrestling with the challenge of otherness.
The Cult of St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins
The cult of St Ursula and the 11,000 virgins was one of the most popular and relic-rich of all saints’ cults in the medieval period. This volume constitutes the first interdisciplinary collection of essays in English to explore the development and transmission of the legend of St Ursula in detail, considering a wealth of different sources including physical remains, literary texts, artistic representations and medieval music.
