The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West

The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West
Author: Alison I. Beach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1244
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1108770630

Monasticism, in all of its variations, was a feature of almost every landscape in the medieval West. So ubiquitous were religious women and men throughout the Middle Ages that all medievalists encounter monasticism in their intellectual worlds. While there is enormous interest in medieval monasticism among Anglophone scholars, language is often a barrier to accessing some of the most important and groundbreaking research emerging from Europe. The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West offers a comprehensive treatment of medieval monasticism, from Late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. The essays, specially commissioned for this volume and written by an international team of scholars, with contributors from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, cover a range of topics and themes and represent the most up-to-date discoveries on this topic.

Songbook

Songbook
Author: Umberto Saba
Publisher: Sheep Meadow Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1998-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Winner of the 2001 Raiziss / de Palchi Prize. This is a collection of masterpieces, useful as bread and chocolate. Bringing Saba across the Atlantic was thought by many a foolhardy voyage, much of the cargo bound to wash overboard. Thanks to the American poet Sartarelli, we now have always convincing, often inspired versions of Saba's wonderful poems in America. --Stanley Moss.

Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily

Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily
Author: Dr Alexander Metcalfe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2014-01-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317829247

The social and linguistic history of medieval Sicily is both intriguing and complex. Before the Muslim invasion of 827, the islanders spoke dialects of either Greek or Latin or both. On the arrival of the Normans around 1060 Arabic was the dominant language, but by 1250 Sicily was an almost exclusively Christian island, with Romance dialects in evidence everywhere. Of particular importance to the development of Sicily was the formative period of Norman rule (1061 1194), when most of the key transitions from an Arabic-speaking Muslim island to a 'Latin'-speaking Christian one were made. This work sets out the evidence for those changes and provides an authoritative approach that re-defines the conventional thinking on the subject.

The Officers Camp

The Officers Camp
Author: Giampiero Carocci
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810160255

The Officers Camp tells the story of Caro, a young officer from Florence, and his companions from the time of their capture by the advancing Germany army in the summer of 1943 until their release from a work camp almost two years later. These men seem to have stumbled into their fate: captured and transported to Germany, their lives seem almost dreamlike, and nothing stands out, except when someone is killed or disappears, or starves to death. As the months of imprisonment mount and the officers are moved farther away from their homeland - and into smaller and increasingly poorly run camps - they are reduced to mere shells of humanity, their hope preserved only by intense discussions of food and the swapping of elaborate "recipes".

Chambers Biographical Dictionary

Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Author: Camilla Rockwood
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 1738
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

International and historical coverage of all areas of human achievement including the arts, science, technology, sport, politics, philosophy and business. Detailed panel entries on particularly important or influential people such as Albert Einstein, the Bronte sisters and Nelson Mandela.

The Green Knight

The Green Knight
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 479
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101501642

Full of suspense, humor, and symbolism, this magnificently crafted and magical novel replays biblical and medieval themes in contemporary London. An attempt by the sharp, feral, and uncommonly intelligent Lucas Graffe to murder his sensual and charismatic half-brother Clement is interrupted by a stranger—whom Lucas strikes and leaves for dead. When the stranger mysteriously reappears, with specific demands for reparation, the Graffes’ circle of idiosyncratic family and friends is disrupted—for the demands are bizarre, intrusive, and ultimately fatal.

The Romance of Individualism in Emerson and Nietzsche

The Romance of Individualism in Emerson and Nietzsche
Author: David Mikics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

"Rather than choose between Emerson and Nietzsche, Mikics attends to Nietzsche's struggle with Emerson's example and influence. Elegant in his delivery, Mikics offers a significant commentary on the visions of several contemporary theorists whose interests intersect with those of Emerson and Nietzsche, especially Stanley Cavell, Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, and Harold Bloom."--BOOK JACKET.