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  • The Franciscans in the Middle Ages

    by Michael Robson ...
    St Francis of Assisi is one of the most admired figures of the Middle Ages - and one of the most important in the Christian church, modelling his life on the literal observance of the Gospel and recovering an emphasis on the poverty experienced by Jesus Christ. From 1217 Francis sent communities of friars throughout Christendom and launched missions to several countries, including India and China. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Franciscan Order in the Medieval English Province and Beyond

    Edited by Michael Robson, Patrick Zutshi ...
    Commemorating John Moorman's immense contribution to Franciscan history across five decades, the essays in this collection reflect upon Moorman's diverse writings on biography, hagiography, history, art, and prosopography. Contributors draw upon Moorman's diaries and his materials for a biographical register of the Franciscans in medieval England. The volume is in tune with recent developments in ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain

    by Amanda Hopkins, Margaret Robson, Michael Cichon, Robert Rouse, Simon Meecham-Jones, Sue Niebrzydowski, Thomas Howard Crofts, Tony Grand, Cory Rushton0, Alexander Davis1, Anthony Bale2, Corinne Saunders3, Jane Bliss4, Kristina Hildebrand5 ...
    This volume examines the erotic in the literature of medieval Britain, primarily in Middle English, but also in Latin, Welsh and Old French. Seeking to discover the nature of the erotic and how it differs from modern erotics, thecontributors address topics such as the Wife of Bath's opinions on marital eroticism, the role of clothing and nudity, the tension between eroticism and transgression, the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi

    Edited by Michael J. P. Robson ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226) was one of the most vibrant and colourful personalities in the Middle Ages. The life of this remarkable reformer of the medieval Church was celebrated in art, drama, poetry, music, the new vernacular literature and architecture. His ideal was to enter into a restorative and enriching relationship with Jesus Christ, whom he wished to imitate in the most perfect ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Insanity and Divinity

    Studies in Psychosis and Spirituality

    Edited by John Gale, Michael Robson, Georgia Rapsomatioti ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    How close is spirituality to psychosis?Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical reflection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical work for those interested in the connections between religious studies, psychoanalysis, anthropology and hagiography.Bringing together an ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Hope - Keswick Year Book 2020

    by Keswick Ministries, James Robson, Christopher Ash, Dr Michael Reeves, Joanna Jackson, Rico Villanueva, Mike Cain, Andy Prime, Dr Amy Orr-Ewing, Graham Daniels, Jeremy McQuoid ...
    The Bible ReadingsHope in Jesus: Psalms - Christopher AshHope because Jesus rules (Psalm 2)Hope because Jesus was saved (Psalm 3)Hope because Jesus wept (Psalm 6)The SeminarsOur Future Hope - Michael ReevesHope and Grief - Joanna JacksonHope and Lament - Rico VillanuevaEvening CelebrationsWhy Hope? Grace! (2 Thessal... ... Read more

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  • Negative Theology as Jewish Modernity

    by Michael Fagenblat, Agata Bielik-Robson, Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lenn E. Goodman, James Jacobson-Maisels, Martin Kavka, Samuel Lebens, Adam Lipszyc, David Novak, Sarah Pessin0, Kenneth Seeskin1, David Shatz2, Sandra Valabregue-Perry3, Tzahi Weiss4, Elliot R. Wolfson5, Shiva Wolosky6 ...
    Series series New Jewish Philosophy and Thought
    Negative theology is the attempt to describe God by speaking in terms of what God is not. Historical affinities between Jewish modernity and negative theology indicate new directions for thematizing the modern Jewish experience. Questions such as, What are the limits of Jewish modernity in terms of negativity? Has this creative tradition exhausted itself? and How might Jewish thought go forward? ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    The Tales of Catt and Fisher

    by Justina Robson ...
    Narrated by Michael Obiora ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 32 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Four new tales of Doctors Catt and Fisher...Scholars, shopkeepers, collectors... aficionados. Obtainers of rare antiquities; relic hunters who can't resist a lead, even when it takes them into terrible danger. There's always an opportunity to be found amid the confusion, in the wake of the terrible Kinslayer War. There's always a deal to be done, a tomb to open, a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The Papal Prophecies - St Malachy and the Doom of the Popes

    by Oliver Hayes ...
    NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCISFor at least five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The Prophecies clearly state that both Rome and the Papacy will be destroyed at some date in the early 21st century. Given that this date is now upon us, it is worth taking a closer look at the Papal ... Read more

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  • Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

    Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    "An indispensable point of departure for anyone interested in the cult of the saints in the Middle Ages." —Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of BooksFrom its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days ... Read more

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  • The Poor and the Perfect

    The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310

    by Neslihan Şenocak ...
    One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the Order of Friars Minor could claim hundreds of permanent ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Friars

    The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society

    by C.H. Lawrence ...
    The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique and important role in medieval society. In the early thirteenth century, the Church was being challenged by a confident new secular culture, associated with the growth of towns, the rise of literature and articulate laity, the development of new sciences and the creation of the first universities. The mendicant orders ... Read more

    $36.99 USD