Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

Author: Brett Edward Whalen

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2019-02-06

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1442603844

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Pilgrimage inspired and shaped the distinct experiences of commoners and nobles, men and women, clergy and laity for over a thousand years. Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader is a rich collection of primary sources for the history of Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fourth through the sixteenth centuries. The collection illustrates the far-reaching significance and consequences of pilgrimage for the culture, society, economics, politics, and spirituality of the Middle Ages. Brett Edward Whalen focuses on sites within Europe and beyond its borders, including the holy places of Jerusalem, and provides documents that shed light upon Eastern Christian, Jewish, and Islamic pilgrimages. The result is an innovative sourcebook that offers a window into broader trends, shifts, and transformations in the Middle Ages.


Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500

Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500

Author: John Raymond Shinners

Publisher: Readings in Medieval Civilizat

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442601062

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This new edition is a marvelous teaching tool and true feast for the intellectually curious. - Daniel Bornstein, Texas A&M University


Readings in Medieval Texts

Readings in Medieval Texts

Author: David Frame Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780199261635

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Readings in Medieval Texts offers a thorough and accessible introduction to the interpretation and criticism of a broad range of Old and Middle English canonical texts from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. The volume brings together 24 newly commissioned chapters by a leading international team of medieval scholars. An introductory chapter highlights the overarching trends in the composition of English Literature in the Medieval periods, and provides an overview of the textual continuities and innovations. Individual chapters give detailed information about context, authorship, date, and critical views on texts, before providing fascinating and thought-provoking examinations of crucial excerpts and themes. This book will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students on all courses in Medieval Studies, particularly those focusing on understanding literature and its role in society.


Readings in Medieval Political Theory

Readings in Medieval Political Theory

Author: Cary J. Nederman

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780872204881

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A useful collection of sources, now reprinted, which document and commentate on the formation of medieval political culture between the 12th and 14th centuries. Aimed at a non-specialist readership fifteen texts are presented in English translation and in chronological order supported by suggestions for further reading. These include letters and treatises by Bernard of Clairvaux, Marie de France, John of Salisbury, Thomas Aquinas, John of Paris, Dante Alighieri, William of Ockham, John Wyclif and Christine de Pizan.


Readings in Medieval History

Readings in Medieval History

Author: Patrick J. Geary

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1442601167

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"Geary's careful and wise selection of texts in his reader provides the best balance between range and depth necessary for a successful source book." - Nicholas Everett, University of Toronto


Reading the Middle Ages

Reading the Middle Ages

Author: Barbara H. Rosenwein

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2013-11-18

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 1442606045

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Covering over one thousand years of history and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition contains 40 new readings, including 13 translations commissioned especially for this book, and a stunning new 10-plate color insert entitled "Containing the Holy" that brings together materials from the Western, Byzantine, and Islamic religious traditions. Ancillary materials, including study questions, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).


A Short Reader of Medieval Saints

A Short Reader of Medieval Saints

Author: Mary-Ann Stouck

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1442600942

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"Mary-Ann Stouck's short reader stands apart in offering an abbreviated but judicious selection of saints' lives perfectly suited as a brief introduction. It fills a particular need with an elegant sufficiency." - Cynthia J. Hahn, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY


The Viking Age

The Viking Age

Author: Angus A. Somerville

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 148757049X

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In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings. The third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.


The Intolerant Middle Ages

The Intolerant Middle Ages

Author: Eugene Smelyansky

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1487533349

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In this collection of primary sources, Eugene Smelyansky highlights instances of persecution and violence, as well as those relatively rare but significant episodes of toleration, that impacted a broad spectrum of people who existed at the margins of medieval society: heretics, Jews and Muslims, the poor, the displaced and disabled, women, and those deemed sexually deviant. The volume also presents a more geographically diverse Middle Ages by including sources from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Mediterranean. Each document is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for discussion, making The Intolerant Middle Ages an excellent entrance into the lives and struggles of medieval minorities.