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The Laughter of the Saints
Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints. The Laughter of the Saints examines this rich carnivalesque tradition of parodied holy men and women and traces their influence to the anti-heroes and picaresque roots of early modern novels such as Don Quixote. The first full-length treatment of the ways in which Spanish writers imitated religious depictions of saints' lives for comic purposes, Ryan D. Giles' erudite study explores the inversion of oaths, invocations, pious legends, and liturgical devotions. Analyzing a variety of texts from Libro de buen amor, to later works such as the Celestina, Carajicomedia, Lozana andaluza, and Lazarillo de Tormes, Giles not only sheds light on Golden Age Spanish literature, but also on the origins of the comic novel. A well-argued and convincing work, The Laughter of the Saints reveals the uproarious results of the collision of official and unofficial methods of storytelling.
Defence Sites II
Containing the proceedings of the second International Conference on Defence Sites, Heritage and Future this book promotes the knowledge of the scale, design and functions of defence sites. It brings a better understanding of the issues raised by their redundancy and the implications of different disposal processes for the land. Redundant defence sites offer a range of opportunities to planners, architects and local communities to redevelop large areas, bringing new life to often neglected parts of towns. These opportunities are common to many countries and the papers in this book stress this common feature and help to share experiences of the transformation of defence sites to civilian uses...
L'arquitecte, l'arquitectura i la ciutat
Estudi dels orígens de la modernitat arquitectònica en el període de la Il lustració a les ciutats mitjanes. L’autor, arquitecte i professor titular del Departament d’Arquitectura i Enginyeria de la Construcció de la Universitat de Girona, ha realitzat anteriorment diverses recerques sobre l’urbanisme, l’arquitectura i la construcció a Catalunya. Ara, utilitza la situació professional, arquitectònica i urbana de la ciutat de Girona com exemple d’evolució urbana propi de les ciutats mitjanes catalanes de la segona part del segle XVIII i del primer terç del XIX.
The New World Inside a Basque Village
The author examines the social and economic changes in the Oiartzun Valley of Gipuzkoa, a typical Basque peasant community, brought about when many of its inhabitants chose to seek their fortunes in America.
Il prestigiatore di Dio
Alchimista, inventore, ingegnere bellico e creatore di mirabolanti macchine sceniche. Tutto ciò - e molto altro ? era Abramo Colorni, ebreo mantovano conteso con la forza dalle signorie di mezza Europa per il suo poliedrico talento. E fu proprio a causa delle sue innumerevoli qualità che questo dotto prestato all'esoterismo finì nel bel mezzo di una vera e propria faida nobiliare: un'intricata vicenda di manoscritti cifrati, polveri da sparo e morti misteriose. Nello scenario di un Rinascimento che voleva le comunità ebraiche confinate nei ghetti e costrette a severe restrizioni, uomini d'ingegno come Colorni sfuggivano a ogni limitazione ingraziandosi i signori locali e prestando serviz...
Catàleg dels villancicos i oratoris impresos de la Biblioteca de Montserrat
El P. Daniel Codina, monjo del monestir del Miracle, actualment prior de Cuixà, ofereix amb aquest Catàleg una valuosa eina de recerca als investigadors. De cadascuna de les nombroses obres catalogades n’emergeix una munió de dades prou significatives com per corroborar un any, conèixer l’esquema formal d’una obra, saber on i per què es va interpretar i qui n’era el compositor, etc.
