Brepols Online Books Medieval Miscellanea Collection 2016 - bob2016mime
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Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Landscape
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Landscape show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Agrarian Technology in the Medieval LandscapeRuralia X includes 27 papers dealing with agrarian technologies in the medieval landscape as seen in different European countries. The subject areas include cultivation, livestock husbandry, gardening, viticulture and woodland management – interpreting the concept of agrarian production in a broad sense – studied mainly on the basis of archaeology, but also using iconography, documentary evidence and archaeo-environmental approaches.
Ruralia X, marks an important step on the way towards interpreting innovation, as well as understanding the varieties of agrarian activity from a Europe-wide perspective.
Authors from 14 countries provide a broad overview of the current issues, complemented by extensive bibliographies. Ruralia X represents one of the current fields of European archaeological research and offers a solid foundation for further comparative studies.
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Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Approaches to Poverty in Medieval Europe show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Approaches to Poverty in Medieval EuropeThe essays in this volume re-examine two major medieval turning points in the relationship between rich and poor: the revolution in charity of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and the era of late medieval crises when the vulnerability of the poor increased dramatically and charitable generosity often declined. Drawing on a variety of sources from England, France, the Low Countries, Italy, and Iberia, the contributors to this volume add new perspectives on the agency of the poor, the influence of gendered forms of devotion, parallels in Christian and Jewish representations of the deserving and undeserving poor, and the effect of mendicant piety on the status of the involuntary poor. A broader implication of the volume as a whole is that medieval studies of poverty and wealth need to pay more attention to the role of rulers, ruling elites, and public policy in shaping the experiences of the poor.
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Aspetti del meraviglioso nelle letterature medievali. Aspects du merveilleux dans les littératures médiévales
show More to view fulltext, buy and share links for:Aspetti del meraviglioso nelle letterature medievali. Aspects du merveilleux dans les littératures médiévales show Less to hide fulltext, buy and share links for: Aspetti del meraviglioso nelle letterature medievali. Aspects du merveilleux dans les littératures médiévalesThis book provides a fresh insight into European medieval culture by focusing on the concept of the marvellous as it was depicted in medieval writings. Drawing together papers that were presented at the Aspects of the Marvellous in Medieval Literature conference, held at the University of L’Aquila in November 2012, the volume takes a broad multicultural and multilingual approach that offers new perspectives onto the various kinds of mirabile and their common themes in texts from across Europe. Contributions to this volume pay equal attention to both Latin and vernacular writings, and cover aspects of the marvellous in fields as diverse as medieval Latin literature, Romance, Germanic, and Celtic philology, miracles and mirabilia, monsters and fairies, strange creatures and fantastic worlds. Above all, by expanding analysis through different literatures, languages, and literary genres, the volume not only provides an opportunity to compare and contrast key themes and features of these texts, but also casts new light onto the making of our own cultural identity.
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