Middle Time
Middle Time

Author: Angela Hume

Publisher: Omnidawn

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781632430168

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A debut meditation on bodies and ecologies that risk and resist the totality of "end times"

Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages
Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages

Author: Jacques Le Goff

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0226470814

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"When I studied these manuals, a source then little exploited, I noticed that the academic, like the merchant, was justified by reference to the labor he accomplished. The novelty of the academics thus ultimately appeared to lie in their role as intellectual workers. My attention was therefore drawn to two notions whose ideological avatars I attempted to trace through the concrete social conditions in which they developed. These notions were labor and time. Under these two heads I maintain two open files, from which some of the articles collected here are drawn. I am still persuaded that attitudes toward work and time are essential aspects of social structure and function, and that the study of such attitudes offers a useful tool for the historian who wishes to examine the societies in which they develop."--Preface, page xii

Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time
Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time

Author: Albrecht Classen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-10-23

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 311055772X

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There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.

Middle Time
Middle Time

Author: Priya Vasudevan

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9788189738709

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As Maya drove to her parents' house, she reflected on her meeting with Toni. So, Tulsi had been doing research. This seemed to be a clue. Maybe she had found the story of the widow Thulasi's murder or Achale's story in the archives-how easily the names came to mind; it was almost as if she really knew them well! In a way, she did; they had been on her mind quite often since she'd been to the flat. Was Tulsi's murder somehow connected to the story and Thulasi's death in Middle Time?Toni had seemed reluctant to discuss the dance drama's script. Had Tulsi reproduced something she had

A Time of Gifts
A Time of Gifts

Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2011-09-14

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1590175174

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This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written. At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor’s book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.

Keeping Time
Keeping Time

Author: Sienna Santer

Publisher:

Published: 2022-12-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781642611625

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Seven strangers are thrust into one another's lives in an unexpected and dangerous turn of events. How they handle themselves in the midst of hunger, fear, and endless fighting will ask readers to consider what is truly important in life.