Screen LibraryHandbook of medieval culture. volume 3 /
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,...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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De gruyter reference
Handbook of medieval culture; Volume 3 |
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| Summary: |
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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1 online resource (x, 737 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110377613 |
| Index Number: | CB351 |
| CLC: | K37 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Travelers / The Rural World and the Peasants / Saints and Relics / The Senses, the Medieval Sensorium, and Sensing (in) the Middle Ages / The Sermon in the Middle Ages / Ships and Seafaring / Threats, Dangers, and Catastrophes / Time and Timekeeping / Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages / The Medieval University / War and Peace / Weapons, Warfare, Siege Machinery, and Training in Arms / Witchcraft and Superstition / Bibliography -- Index of Names -- General Index -- Index of Works. |