Studies in Medieval History and Culture

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1. Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky

   Hildegard of Bingen and Premodern Medicine

   By Victoria Sweet

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. She, this in Blak

   Vision, Truth, and Will in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Ciseyde

   By Thomas Hill

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   She, This in Blak takes a fresh look at Chaucer's great Trojan romance, Troilus and Criseyde, in light of recent scholarship on late scholastic discourses on representation and causality as they pertain to human perception and judgment. This study also contributes to a growing literature on the...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Illuminating the Border of French and Flemish Manuscripts, 1270–1310

   By Lisa Moore Hunt

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   This study first examines the marginal repertoire in two well-known manuscripts, the Psalter of Guy de Dampierre and an Arthurian Romance, within their material and codicological contexts. This repertoire then provides a template for an extended study of the marginal motifs that appear in eighteen...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Through the Daemon's Gate

   Kepler's Somnium, Medieval Dream Narratives, and the Polysemy of Allegorical Motifs

   By Dean Swinford

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   This book tells the story of the early modern astronomer Johannes Kepler’s Somnium, which has been regarded by science historians and literary critics alike as the first true example of science fiction. Kepler began writing his complex and heavily-footnoted tale of a fictional Icelandic astronomer...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Kingship, Conquest, and Patria

   By Kristen Lee Over

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. Crafting the Witch

   Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England

   By Heidi Breuer

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   This book analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. In the earlier texts, magic is predominantly a masculine pursuit, garnering its user prestige and power, but in the later texts, magic...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Through the Daemon's Gate

   Kepler's Somnium, Medieval Dream Narratives, and the Polysemy of Allegorical Motifs

   By Dean Swinford

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   This book tells the story of the early modern astronomer Johannes Kepler’s Somnium, which has been regarded by science historians and literary critics alike as the first true example of science fiction. Kepler began writing his complex and heavily-footnoted tale of a fictional Icelandic astronomer...

   Published October 27th 2010 by Routledge
8. Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky

   Hildegard of Bingen and Premodern Medicine

   By Victoria Sweet

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the...

   Published June 17th 2010 by Routledge
9. Illuminating the Border of French and Flemish Manuscripts, 1270–1310

   By Lisa Moore Hunt

   Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

   This study first examines the marginal repertoire in two well-known manuscripts, the Psalter of Guy de Dampierre and an Arthurian Romance, within their material and codicological contexts. This repertoire then provides a template for an extended study of the marginal motifs that appear in eighteen...

   Published June 3rd 2010 by Routledge
10. Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe, 1100-1389

    By Dawn Marie Hayes

    Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

    Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe investigates the medieval understanding of sacred place, arguing for the centrality of bodies and bodily metaphors to the establishment, function, use, and power of medieval churches. Questioning the traditional division of sacred and profane jurisdictions,...

    Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge