Author: Marie Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060168216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
A Medieval Book of Seasons
Author: Marie Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060168216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060168216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Seasons in the Literatures of the Medieval North
Author: P. S. Langeslag
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844257
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844257
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.
Landscapes and Seasons of the Medieval World
Author: Derek Albert Pearsall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Medieval Calendar Year
Author: Bridget Ann Henisch
Publisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271019031
Category : Calendar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Henisch, an independent scholar, focuses on High Middle Ages renditions of the "Labors of the Months", a pictorial calendar convention that depicted the traditional cycle of the year revolving around seasonal activities on the land. She examines how artists chose to depict the cycle and the ways in which the conventions and assumptions of art styled the reality of agricultural drudgery into far prettier images. Fine color and b&w illustrations from manuscripts, particularly the Book of Hours.
Publisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271019031
Category : Calendar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Henisch, an independent scholar, focuses on High Middle Ages renditions of the "Labors of the Months", a pictorial calendar convention that depicted the traditional cycle of the year revolving around seasonal activities on the land. She examines how artists chose to depict the cycle and the ways in which the conventions and assumptions of art styled the reality of agricultural drudgery into far prettier images. Fine color and b&w illustrations from manuscripts, particularly the Book of Hours.
The Wordhord
Author: Hana Videen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069123275X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069123275X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Medieval Seasons
Author: Huntington Library & Art Gallery
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847814114
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847814114
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Landscapes and Seasons of the Medieval World
Author: Derek Pearsall
Publisher: [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher: [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside
Author: Piers Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789464270105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
In this book, the various structures and economic activities of medieval and post-medieval seasonal settlements all over Europe are presented.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789464270105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
In this book, the various structures and economic activities of medieval and post-medieval seasonal settlements all over Europe are presented.
A Medieval Book of Seasons
Author: Marie Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"A vivid insight into the country life and seasonal activities of the year in the later middle ages.""--Cover.
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine
Author: Thomas F. Glick
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135459320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135459320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine details the whole scope of scientific knowledge in the medieval period in more than 300 A to Z entries. This resource discusses the research, application of knowledge, cultural and technology exchanges, experimentation, and achievements in the many disciplines related to science and technology. Coverage includes inventions, discoveries, concepts, places and fields of study, regions, and significant contributors to various fields of science. There are also entries on South-Central and East Asian science. This reference work provides an examination of medieval scientific tradition as well as an appreciation for the relationship between medieval science and the traditions it supplanted and those that replaced it. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.