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    In Life and in Legend

    Series Libro 25 - Medieval Lives
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  • Inventing William of Norwich

    Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200

    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    William of Norwich is the name of a young boy purported to have been killed by Jews in or about 1144, thus becoming the victim of the first recorded case of such a ritual murder in Western Europe and a seminal figure in the long history of antisemitism. His story is first told in Thomas of Monmouth's The Life and Miracles of William of Norwich, a work that elaborates the bizarre allegation, ... Leer más

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    Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200

    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    William of Norwich is the name of a young boy purported to have been killed by Jews in or about 1144, thus becoming the victim of the first recorded case of such a ritual murder in Western Europe and a seminal figure in the long history of antisemitism. His story is first told in Thomas of Monmouth's The Life and Miracles of William of Norwich, a work that elaborates the bizarre allegation, ... Leer más

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  • Bestsellers and masterpieces

    The changing medieval canon

    Series series Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
    Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon addresses the strange fact that, in both European and Middle Eastern medieval studies, those texts that we now study and teach as the most canonical representations of their era were in fact not popular or even widely read in their day. On the other hand, those texts that were popular, as evidenced by the extant manuscript record, are ... Leer más

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  • Misconceptions About the Middle Ages

    Edición de Stephen Harris, Bryon L. Grigsby ...
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    Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to "The Da Vinci Code." Never has there been a moment more propitious for a study of our misconceptions of the Middle Ages than now.Ranging across religion, art, and science, Misconceptions about the Middle Ages unravels some of the many misinterpretations that have evolved concerning the medieval period, including ... Leer más

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  • Silence

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    A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of ChristianityWe live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid MacCulloch shows, there are many forms of religious silence, from contemplation and prayer to repression ... Leer más

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  • The Murder of William of Norwich

    The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature

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    In these vivid and approachable essays Eamon Duffy engages with some of the central aspects of Western religion in the thousand years between the decline of pagan Rome and the rise of the Protestant Reformation.In the process he opens windows on the vibrant and multifaceted beliefs and practices by which medieval people made sense of their world: the fear of death and the impact of devastating ... Leer más

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