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De inventieve middeleeuwen
Wat doe je als je buikpijn krijgt van de verbouwings-stress? Hoe bereid je je voor op een lange reis? Wat doe je om ruzie op te lossen, hoe zorg je dat je sieraden er duurder uitzien dan ze zijn, en op welke manieren kun je proberen om het noodlot naar je hand te zetten? De middeleeuwen, en al helemaal de periode voor het jaar 1000, staan niet bepaald bekend als een tijd van grote kennis en kunde. Maar is dat wel terecht? Voor dit boek zijn bijna twintig specialisten op het gebied van de vroegmiddeleeuwse geschiedenis de vaak meer dan 1000 jaar oude manuscripten ingedoken om te laten zien hoe er in deze tijd op praktische en inventieve wijze werd omgegaan met alledaagse vraagstukken. Dat leidt tot verhalen die herkenbaar maar soms ook vreemd zijn: alledaagse problemen van duizend jaar geleden zijn vaak niet heel anders dan de onze, maar dat geldt lang niet altijd voor de oplossingen.
Perkament in stukken
Het perkament van afgeschreven middeleeuwse handschriften werd vaak hergebruikt, bijvoorbeeld in de band van een nieuw handschrift of als kaft om een archiefstuk. Zo bleven veel fragmenten uit handschriften bewaard. Dit rijk geïllustreerde boek geeft een indruk van enkele tot de verbeelding sprekende vondsten die werden gedaan tijdens onderzoek van studenten naar de honderden fragmenten die worden bewaard in de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht en Het Utrechts Archief. In achtendertig korte hoofdstukjes wordt achtereenvolgens aandacht besteed aan fragmenten van de bijbel, liturgische teksten, muziek, theologie, recht, wetenschap, geneeskunde, historie en heiligenlevens, literatuur en enkele materiële aspecten van de gekozen fragmenten. Deze hoofdstukjes zijn geschreven door voormalige masterstudenten en enkele volleerde mediëvisten. Het boek bevat drie uitgebreide inleidende hoofdstukken van de hand van de redacteuren Bart Jaski, Marco Mostert en Kaj van Vliet. In Het Utrechts Archief is vanaf 20 september 2018 de bijbehorende tentoonstelling 'Perkament in stukken' te zien.
Leading the Way to Heaven
Starting from manuscripts compiled for local priests in the Carolingian period, this book investigates the way in which pastoral care took shape at the local levels of society. They show what illiterate lay people learned about their religion, but also what priests themselves knew. The Carolingian royal dynasty, which ruled over much of Europe in the eighth and ninth century, is well-known for its success in war, patronage of learning and its ambitious style of rulership. A central theme in their plans for the future of their kingdom was to ensure God's everlasting support, and to make sure that all inhabitants – down to the last illiterate farmer – reached eternal life in heaven. This b...
Death and the Elephant
My life had been going nowhere. Until I was diagnosed with cancer. 12 June 1995. On his twenty-eighth birthday, Raz Shaw was a directionless gambling addict doing a telesales job that was eating up every trace of what soul he had left. The next day he would be diagnosed with stage 4 sclerosing mediastinal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the large cell type. As he tells it, cancer saved his life. He was given the all-clear in March 1996, and stopped gambling for good that April. After a year away recuperating, he turned his back on the highly paid job that had devoured him and re-assimilated himself into the world of theatre that had once made him feel so alive. It took him a long time to realise...
Prognostication in the Medieval World
Two opposing views of the future in the Middle Ages dominate recent historical scholarship. According to one opinion, medieval societies were expecting the near end of the world and therefore had no concept of the future. According to the other opinion, the expectation of the near end created a drive to change the world for the better and thus for innovation. Close inspection of the history of prognostication reveals the continuous attempts and multifold methods to recognize and interpret God’s will, the prodigies of nature, and the patterns of time. That proves, on the one hand, the constant human uncertainty facing the contingencies of the future. On the other hand, it demonstrates the f...
'Otherness' in Space and Architecture
This conference proceeding (Sessions on "Otherness in Space and Architecture", International Medieval Conference, Leeds, 2017 and 2018) is a compilation of articles written by both young and senior scholars, who are working on the question of the 'self' and the 'other' in Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures. The articles examine how material, 'oriental' objects and knowledge originating in non-Western communities helped building and strengthening the identity of Iberia's, southern France and northern Italian nobility and its lineages. It is shown how, in the perception of Christians, the public image of Jews and Moslems became constructed as that of adversaries, while their cultural knowledge, at the same time, would be integrated into Christian culture in a paradox manner, in which the 'self' necessarily depends on the 'other' and how visual tensions in art and space have been used as symbols of power.
You Decide
A well written book tackling various Crown Court trials which could be used as a reference for new jurors. Law students will find many examples and insights into court procedures while those who enjoy reading legal matters will have the chance to air their views on each trial's verdict. The book keeps the reader's attention throughout because each case is based on true facts. It makes easy, interesting reading and despite the seriousness of Crown Court trials is also funny at times.
The Maritime World of Early Modern Britain
Britain's emergence as one of Europe's major maritime powers has all too frequently been subsumed by nationalistic narratives that focus on operations and technology. This volume, by contrast, offers a daring new take on Britain's maritime past. It brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the manifold ways in which the sea shaped British history, demonstrating the number of approaches that now have a stake in defining the discipline of maritime history. The chapters analyse the economic, social, and cultural contexts in which English maritime endeavour existed, as well as discussing representations of the sea. The contributors show how people from across the British Isles increasingly engaged with the maritime world, whether through their own lived experiences or through material culture. The volume also includes essays that investigate encounters between English voyagers and indigenous peoples in Africa, and the intellectual foundations of imperial ambition.
Di Ki Manera?
Dissertatie, waarin de culturele processen het dagelijkse leven van Afro-Curacaoenaars na de afschaffing van de slavernij (1863) hebben beinvloed. Er wordt gekeken naar de invloed die de koloniale overheid, de voormalige slavenhouders en de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk uitoefenden op het leven van de Afro-Curacaoenaars na de emancipatie.
The Many Lives of Jan Six
Geert Mak’s latest book, The many lives of Jan Six, has all the outstanding qualities of his other books: erudite, meticulously researched, but above all beautifully written. Mak is a great story-teller and a tireless student of salient facts; this priceless combination has resulted in a literary gem.’ Ian Buruma – editor of The New York Review of Books In 1654 the first Jan Six had his portrait painted by his friend Rembrandt van Rijn. It is considered the most beautiful portrait Rembrandt ever painted, and it is still part of the private collection in Amsterdam, where the Six family has lived for four centuries. The many lives of Jan Six tells the compelling history of this elite Ams...
