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Wall Painting in Europe
Matthew Reeve
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
Wall Painting in Europe Introduction This bibliographical essay considers European wall painting of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, coveri...
Wearmouth-Jarrow
Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Wearmouth-JarrowIntroductionThe northeastern English monasteries of Wearmouth, located at the mouth of the River Wear, and Jarrow, on the Tyne near a ...
Welsh Literature
Frederick Suppe
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Welsh Literature Introduction The Welsh language is descended from a P-Celtic language which was spoken over much of pre-Roman Britain and whi...
William of Ockham
Jenny Pelletier, Magali Roques
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
William of OckhamIntroductionWilliam of Ockham (b. c. 1287–d. 1347) is one of the giants of medieval philosophy. He was an innovative and controversia...
Witchcraft
Nancy Mandeville Caciola
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Witchcraft Introduction The classic era of the great witch hunts was not the medieval, but the Early Modern period of the 16th and 17th centur...
Women's Life Cycles
Kim M. Phillips
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Women’s Life Cycles Introduction The concept of “life cycle” presupposes stages of progression, transition, and decline. Medieval cultures inh...
Wulfstan
Jonathan Wilcox
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Wulfstan Introduction Wulfstan (d. 28 May 1023) was a major ecclesiastical figure and writer in late Anglo-Saxon England. Bishop of London fro...
York Corpus Christi Plays
Clifford Davidson
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2010-12-15
York Corpus Christi Plays Introduction As an extended sequence of dramatizations of salvation history played on pageant carriages, the ...
York, Medieval
Stefania Merlo Perring
Subject: Medieval Studies »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Medieval YorkIntroductionThe medieval period in York spans from the end of the Roman rule in Britain in 410 ce to the early 16th century, when the Ref...
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