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Mapping Frontiers Across Medieval Islam
The story of the 9th-century caliphal mission from Baghdad to discover the legendary barrier against the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog mentioned in the Quran, has been …
Revival After the Great War
In the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These …
Power of Oratory in the Medieval Muslim World
Oratory and sermons had a fixed place in the religious and civic rituals of pre-modern Muslim societies and were indispensable for transmitting religious knowledge, legitimising or …
Contesting Inter-Religious Conversion in the Medieval World
The Mediterranean and its hinterlands were the scene of intensive and transformative contact between cultures in the Middle Ages. From the seventh to the seventeenth century, the …
Ecclesia in Via: Ecclesiological Developments in the Medieval Psalms Exegesis and the Dictata super Psalterium (1513-1515) of Martin Luther
The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals
The great cathedrals and churches of the medieval West continue to awe. How were they built, and why do they remain standing? What did their builders know about what they were …
Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile
Muslims of Medieval Italy
This significant new work focuses on the formation and fragmentation of an Arab-Muslim state and its society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300, which led to the …
Translators and their Prologues in Medieval England
An examination of French to English translation in medieval England, through the genre of the prologue.The prologue to Layamon's Brut recounts its author's extensive travels …
Kultaiset naamiot
Lauriina on innoissaan. Hän on lähdössä etelänmatkalle perheensä kanssa. Kohde on nimeltään Melona. Melonassa asuu myös Daisa. Daisa on Lauriinan kirjekaveri. Mitä Lauriinan …
Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World
This collection of studies by Edward Kennedy looks first at questions of spherical astronomy, celestial mapping and planetary models, and then deals with astrological calculations. …
Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe
Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages.The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between …