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The Playful Middle Ages
Love play or playing dead, wordplay or playing games - the notion of play inhabits all spheres of human activity. This collection of essays brings together international scholars …
Vikings and the Vikings
This essay collection is a wide-ranging exploration of Vikings, the television series that has successfully summoned the historical world of the Norse people for modern audiences …
English Medieval Misericords
Misericord carvings present a fascinating corpus of medieval art which, in turn, complements our knowledge of life and belief in the late middle ages. Subjects range from the …
English Medieval Misericords
A comprehensive survey of the intriguing misericord carvings, setting them in their religious context and looking at their different themes and motifs.Misericord carvings present a …
Survival of Myth
What are myths and what are they for? Myths are stories that both tell us how to live and remind us of the inescapability and pull of the collective past. The Survival of Myth: …
Vikings and the Vikings
This essay collection is a wide-ranging exploration of Vikings, the television series that has successfully summoned the historical world of the Norse people for modern audiences …
Medieval English Comedy
Table of contents: Martha Bayless, 'Merriment and Entertainment in Anglo-Saxon England: What is the Evidence'; Christopher Crane, 'Taking Laughter Seriously: The Rhetoric of Humor …
English Medieval Misericords
A comprehensive survey of the intriguing misericord carvings, setting them in their religious context and looking at their different themes and motifs. Misericord carvings present …
The Green Man
A thorough study, with every example illustrated, of the weird foliate heads or masks with leaves sprouting from them found in the medieval churches and cathedrals of Western …
Studies in Medievalism XII
Essays on the continuing power and applicability of medieval images, with particular reference to recent films. The middle ages provide the material for mass-market films, for …