Author: John PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
History of the Cavendish family, who became the Dukes of Devonshire.
Stags and Serpents
Author: John PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
History of the Cavendish family, who became the Dukes of Devonshire.
The Serpent and the Stag
Author: John PearsonPublisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 36
Author: Malcolm GoddenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521883436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Anglo-Saxon England is the only publication which consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic - and which promotes the more unusual interests - in music or medicine or education, for example. Articles in volume 36 include: The tabernacula of Gregory the Great and the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England by Flora Spiegel; The career of Aldhelm by Michael Lapidge; The name 'Merovingian' and the dating of Beowulf by Walter Goffart; An abbot, an archbishop and the Viking raids of 1006-7 and 1009-12 by Simon Keynes; and Demonstrative behaviour and political communication in later Anglo-Saxon England by Julia Barrow.
From Wilderness to Paradise: A Sixth-Century Mosaic Pavement at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya
Author: Jane ChickPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803277319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
An in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. Consisting of fifty panels, each panel with a different image, it has frequently been dismissed as random with no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent whole.
Celtic Myths
Author: Miranda Jane GreenPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292727540
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
As non-literates, the Celts left no written record of their lives, their beliefs, and the stories which were such an important part of their culture. Here Dr. Green uses the works of contemporary commentators from the Classical world, later Christian scribes recording oral traditions, and archaeological evidence to discuss Celtic myths and their religious beliefs and rituals. Photos.
The Insular Tradition
Author: Catherine E. KarkovPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438408374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A generously illustrated collection, The Insular Tradition explores the various ways in which tradition becomes part of our definition of insular culture and cultural history. The essays are the outcome of a conference held within the Medieval Academy of America meeting at Kalamazoo in 1991. Scholars from America, Scandinavia, Britain, and Ireland came together to discuss the latest research on the remarkable Christian art which flourished among the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon peoples in the Early Medieval Period. New discoveries and a renewed research interest are shedding light on the splendid manuscript illuminations, sculpture, and metalwork of the time. Historical sources are reanalyzed and, together with modern approaches to interpretation, provide fascinating new insights into the social, economic, and spiritual background of the creative artists. This book presents a number of challenging reinterpretations of landmark achievements such as the Book of Kells, the Irish High Crosses, and the enigmatic symbolic and decorative systems of the Pictish people of Scotland. The contributors discuss the processes of creativity, the way in which influences are transmitted, the cross-fertilization of the arts in different media, and the role of trade and exchange and of the patron. Extensive illustrations, some of them difficult to source elsewhere, and comprehensive up-to-date bibliographies make the volume especially useful to those wishing to find a suitable point of entry into this expanding and ever-changing field.
World of Myths
Author: Marina WarnerPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292702042
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A compilation of myths from cultures around the world which have been translated from their original languages.
The Sacristy
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
On Time and Water
Author: Andri Snær MagnasonPublisher: Icelandic Literature
ISBN: 9781948830539
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book that will make you understand what our future holds for us, if we don't act immediately.
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