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Handbook of Medieval Culture

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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A follow-up publication to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture.

Medieval research has grown tremendously in depth and breadth over the last decades. Particularly our understanding of medieval culture, of the basic living conditions, and the specific value system prevalent at that time has considerably expanded, to a point where we are in danger of no longer seeing the proverbial forest for the trees. The present, innovative handbook offers compact articles on essential topics, ideals, specific knowledge, and concepts defining the medieval world as comprehensively as possible. The topics covered in this new handbook pertain to issues such as love and marriage, belief in God, hell, and the devil, education, lordship and servitude, Christianity versus Judaism and Islam, health, medicine, the rural world, the rise of the urban class, travel, roads and bridges, entertainment, games, and sport activities, numbers, measuring, the education system, the papacy, saints, the senses, death, and money.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Volume 1
Medieval Culture—An Introduction to a New Handbook Albrecht Classen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Animals, Birds, and Fish in the Middle Ages Christopher R. Clason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
Architecture Charlotte A. Stanford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Visual Arts Frances Parton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
Astrology, Alchemy and other Occult Sciences Thomas Willard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	102
Astronomy Romedio Schmitz-Esser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
The Bible and Biblical Exegesis Stephen Penn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	134
Children and Childhood in the Middle Ages Daniel Pigg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Chivalry and Knighthood Ken Mondschein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
Church and the Clergy Linda Rouillard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	172
Cities Johannes Bernwieser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
Communication in the Middle Ages Lia Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Convivencia: Conquest and Coexistence in Medieval Spain Mark T. Abate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	232
Medieval Courts and Aristocracy Nadia Pawelchak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	278
Daily Life Gerhard Jaritz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	301
Death Hiram Kümper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	314
Dreams and Dream Theory Jan Wehrle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Dwarves, Trolls, Ogres, and Giants Werner Schäfke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347
Education and Schooling David Sheffler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	384
Excrement and Waste Gerhard Jaritz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	406
Fashion Emily J. Rozier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
Fairy, Elves and the Enchanted Otherworld Jean N. Goodrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	431
Feudalism in Literature and Society Scott L. Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
Food and Cookbooks Sarah Gordon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	477
Foreigners and Fear Charles W. Connell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	489
The Forest, the River, the Mountain, the Field, and the Meadow Marilyn Sandidge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	537
Friendship in the Middle Ages John M. Hill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	565
Games and Pastimes Paul Milliman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	582
God Hans-Werner Goetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	613
The Greek Orthodox Church Kriszta Kotsis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	628
Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven Eileen Gardiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	653
Horses and Equitation Cynthia Jenéy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	674

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eBook published on:

August 31, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9783110267303

Hardcover published on:

August 28, 2015

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110266597

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

10

Main content:

696

Illustrations:

20

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110267303

eBook ISBN: 9783110267303

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110266597

Keywords for this book

Cultural history; Medieval Studies; Middle Ages

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