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Beowulf
Paul E. Szarmach
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Beowulf Introduction By common estimation the corpus of Old English poetry is some 30,000 lines or, roughly, the literary output of John Milto...
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Chris Kleinhenz
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Giovanni Boccaccio Introduction Giovanni Boccaccio (b. 1313–d. 1375) is generally considered the father of Italian prose because of his ...
Britain, Drama in
Clifford Davidson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Drama in Britain Introduction The earliest extant drama in medieval England is a Latin Easter church music-drama or ceremony in the Regul...
Britain, Schools in
Nicholas Orme
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Schools in Britain Introduction Schools are here defined as places where literary skills are taught to children and adolescents up to about the...
Canon Law
Edward Peters
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Canon Law Introduction Canon law began as sets of norms for the regulation of Christian conduct in the world and the relations of Christians wi...
Carolingian Era
Thomas F.X. Noble
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Carolingian Era Introduction The almost mythical character of Charlemagne (b. 748–d. 814)—Carlo Magno, Charles the Great, Karl der Grosse—has...
Carolingian Manuscript Illumination
Eric Ramírez-Weaver
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Carolingian Manuscript Illumination Introduction Away from home during his fourth journey to Rome and in celebration of Christmas Day at the e...
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Andrew Galloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Geoffrey Chaucer Introduction Since shortly after his death, Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340–d. 1400) has often been praised as the write...
Childhood
Nicholas Orme
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Childhood Introduction Childhood was for long a neglected aspect of social history, although there have been notable exceptions in England, suc...
Christian Mysticism
Constant J. Mews
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Christian Mysticism Introduction This introductory survey offers an initial overview of some of the main branches of Christian mysticism in th...
Christianity and the Church in Post-Conquest England
Joel Rosenthal
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Christianity and the Church in Post-Conquest England Introduction The history of Christianity and of the church (and its flock) has been a ri...
Christianity and the Church in Pre-Conquest England
Joel Rosenthal
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Christianity and the Church in Pre-Conquest England Introduction The history of the pre-Conquest Church can be roughly divided into three per...
Chronicles of England and the British Isles
Lister M. Matheson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Chronicles of England and the British Isles Introduction Chronicles were the major source of historical knowledge and interpretation available...
Clanvowe, John
Andrew Galloway
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
John Clanvowe Introduction Interest in John Clanvowe’s works and life (b. c. 1341–d. c. 1391) initially developed because a 290-line poem—ofte...
Coins
Alan M. Stahl
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Coins Introduction Medieval numismatic scholarship is characterized by a significant local focus, owing in part to the decentralized minting ...
Crusades, The
Andrew Holt
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
The Crusades Introduction The crusading movement involved peoples of varying religious and cultural backgrounds engaged in a violent struggle...
Crusading Warfare
John France
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Crusading Warfare Introduction The Crusades are one of the spectaculars of historical study—a series of events so startling that they deman...
Dance of Death
Sophie Oosterwijk
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Dance of Death Introduction The Dance of Death (or Danse Macabre) is an allegorical confrontation of the living with death. It is both a litera...
Drama, French
Lofton Durham
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
French Drama Introduction The earliest extant example of drama in French is Le jeu d’Adam, dating from the mid- to late 12th century. Indeed, L...
Drama, German
Glenn Ehrstine
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
German Drama Introduction Long the domain of highly specialized scholars, the religious and secular plays of the German Middle Ages now attrac...
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