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A Dictionary of Chivalryby: Grant Uden/Pauline Baynes

A Dictionary of Chivalry
by: Grant Uden/Pauline Baynes

Hardcover. London, Longmans, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. This illustrated dictionary includes customs, events, items of clothing and armor, historical figures, and places of the Middle Ages. Color and b&w art by Pauline Baynes throughout.

Record # 381426

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A History of Secular Latin Poetry in the Middle Ages (2 volumes)by: F. J. E. Raby

A History of Secular Latin Poetry in the Middle Ages (2 volumes)
by: F. J. E. Raby

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcover volumes in bright dust jackets, 408 and 388 pages. The secular Latin poetry of the Middle Ages is at once great in bulk and interesting in kind, embracing as it does lyrical, epical, satirical, philosophical, grammatical, and historical verse. The rhetorical tradition of the ancient world can be traced throughout its development, from the fifth to the thirteenth century, when the tradition passes over into the new literary vernaculars. No adequate English survey of this delightful and historically important literature has hitherto been made. These volumes form a sequel to the same author's 'History of Christian-Latin Poetry', and the two works together offer a complete introduction to the whole field of medieval Latin poetry. First published in 1934. Clean copies.

Record # 386604

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Anno's Medieval Worldby: Anno, Mitsumasa

Anno's Medieval World
by: Anno, Mitsumasa

Hardcover. New York , Philomel Books, 1st U.S., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by Anno. Adapted from the translation by Ursula Synge. No dust jacket.

Record # 373681

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Anno's Medieval Worldby: Anno, Mitsumasa

Anno's Medieval World
by: Anno, Mitsumasa

Hardcover. New York , Philomel Books, 1st U.S., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Anno. Adapted from the translation by Ursula Synge.

Record # 302542

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Anno's Medieval Worldby: Anno, Mitsumasa

Anno's Medieval World
by: Anno, Mitsumasa

Hardcover. New York , Philomel Books, 1st U.S., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Anno. Adapted from the translation by Ursula Synge.

Record # 373680

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Antichrist Legend, The - A Chapter in Christian and Jewish Folkloreby: Bousset, W./A. H. Keane

Antichrist Legend, The - A Chapter in Christian and Jewish Folklore
by: Bousset, W./A. H. Keane

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson and Company, First Edition, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages. Hardcover. Navy cloth covered boards with stunning embossed decoration to cover and bright gilt titles to spine. Toning throughout, tear to bottom of p. 211. Fraying to spine head & heel edges, light wear to corners. Tight signatures, tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751052

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Architecture in Britain the Middle Ages by: Webb, Geoffrey

Architecture in Britain the Middle Ages
by: Webb, Geoffrey

Hardcover. Baltimore MD, Penguin Books, 2nd pr., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket housed in a pictorial cardboard slipcase. 234 pages, 192 b/w plates, glossary, bibliography. Describes the architecture of the period that stretches from the Early Renaissance to the post-Waterloo Greek and Gothic Revivals. Among the great names of those centuries were Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, and John Nash. During the same period were built Hampton Court, Hatfield, the new St Paul's, the City Churches, the graceful London Squares, and the crescents and terraces of Bath. In addition to the main text there are two long appendices, one on Scottish architecture and the other on the architecture c f the Thirteen Colonies. Numerous plans, the majority of which have been especially drawn for this book, and over three hundred half-tone illustrations form an integral part of the author's account. Clean copy.

Record # 382193

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Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernismby: Trachtenberg, Marvin

Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernism
by: Trachtenberg, Marvin

Hardcover. New York, H.N. Abrams, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 606 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white photographs throughout.

Record # 2230141

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Art and Politics in Late Mediaeval and Early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500 by: Charles M. Rosenberg

Art and Politics in Late Mediaeval and Early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500
by: Charles M. Rosenberg

Hardcover. Notre Dame IN, University of Notre Dame Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black and gilt. 227 pages plus a section of b&w plates in rear.. A series of nine papers delivered at a conference with the same name in 1988 at the University of Notre Dame. It considered the relationship between politics and the literary and visual arts. Political scientists and anthropologists focus on the institutions that express power relationships. The aim of the Notre Dame Conference was to consider the relationship between politics and the literary and visual arts. The visual arts considered in this volume range from the traditional fine arts categories of painting, sculpture and architecture to minor art objects such as medals, badges, banners and seals. In general terms, the study of politics denotes the study of power relationships. Within this larger framework political scientists and anthropologists have chosen to focus on the institutions and structures that express these relationships and/or the actions that are undertaken by individuals and groups to define, alter, or reinforce them. Clean copy.

Record # 383879

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Augustine of Hippo and His Monastic Ruleby: Lawless, George

Augustine of Hippo and His Monastic Rule
by: Lawless, George

Softcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st pbk, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 185 pages. The Rule of Augustine, the oldest monastic rule with Western origins, still provides inspiration for over 150 Christian communities. This account of Augustine's contributions to the monastic spirituality of the late Roman world and of his achievement as a monastic legislator fills a critical gap in Augustinian studies. Tracing Augustine's progress from a philosophical to a biblical spirituality and his development of a monastic ideal largely shaped by Greco-Roman philosophical and rhetorical influences, Lawless also discusses Augustine's renunciation of sexuality, property, and worldly ambition at his conversion as a foreshadowing of the future vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. In addition, he argues for the existence of a monastery at Thagaste from 388 to 391. This book includes new English translations of the Regulations for a Monastery, the Rule, and Letter 211. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 382033

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Barbarians! (SIGNED COPY)by: Kroll, Steven/Robert Byrd

Barbarians! (SIGNED COPY)
by: Kroll, Steven/Robert Byrd

Hardcover. New York , Dutton Juvenile, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Robert Byrd and SIGNED BY KROLL. The ancient Romans used the word barbarian to describe people who were coarse, rude, or even just foreign. Over time the word has also come to connote bloodthirsty cruelty. But were the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols as barbaric as we?ve been led to believe? In dynamic, detailed spreads that young readers will pore over, bestselling author Steven Kroll and illustrator Robert Byrd explore how these nomadic warriors lived, worshipped, and celebrated. Their wandering armies brought together Europe and Asia through trade and conquest and, in doing so, changed the world forever.

Record # 351857

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Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thoughtby: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thought
by: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 414 pages, blue cloth covers, spine faded. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 403263

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Between Church and State: The Lives of Four French Prelates in the Late Middle Ages by: Guen

Between Church and State: The Lives of Four French Prelates in the Late Middle Ages
by: Guen

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Detailed study of the lives of four French bishops, who, because of their office were intellectuals & politicians. The book shows how these men rose in the hierachy that was medieval society by way of ambition & talent, not birth. The four are Bernard Gui 1261 - 1331 ( of 'Name of the Rose' fame ), Gilles Le Muisit 1272 - 1353 , Pierre d'Ailly 1351 - 1420 & Thomas Basin 1412 - 1490. Clean copy.

Record # 378944

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Blanche of Castileby: Pernoud, Regine

Blanche of Castile
by: Pernoud, Regine

Hardcover. New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1st US, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 319 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on preliminary pages. 16 pages of black & white illustrations. Foxing to top edge. Dust jacket with chipping along edges.

Record # 614453

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Burgage Tenure in Mediaeval Englandby: Hemmeon, Morley de Wolf

Burgage Tenure in Mediaeval England
by: Hemmeon, Morley de Wolf

Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 234 pages. Spine slightly faded.

Record # 506948

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Business Contracts of Medieval Provence: Selected Notulae from the Cartulary of Giraud Amalric of Merseilles 1248by: Pryor, John H.

Business Contracts of Medieval Provence: Selected Notulae from the Cartulary of Giraud Amalric of Merseilles 1248
by: Pryor, John H.

Softcover. Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages, b&w frontispiece. Pencil underlining to 3 pages. Light shelfwear, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 403262

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Byzantine Art and the West - The Wrightsman Lecturesby: Demus, Otto

Byzantine Art and the West - The Wrightsman Lectures
by: Demus, Otto

Hardcover. New York, New York University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Black & white illustrations. Faint foxing to edges. Includes Errata slip. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611855

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Cambridge Medieval History, The: Volume IV The Byzantine Empireby: Hussey (Ed), J. M.

Cambridge Medieval History, The: Volume IV The Byzantine Empire
by: Hussey (Ed), J. M.

Cambridge England, Cambridge University Press, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Volume Four in 2 parts (2 separate books). Volume one: Byzantium and its Neigbours, Volume two: Government, Church & Civilization. Contains numerous foldout maps. Dust jacket price clipped, edgewear.

Record # 503594

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County Courts of Medieval England, 1150-1350, Theby: Palmer, Robert C.

County Courts of Medieval England, 1150-1350, The
by: Palmer, Robert C.

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 360 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear, sun-fading. Clean, tight copy. The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the organization of English society from the twelfth to the fourteenth century. THe county courts have been considered courts of custom dominated by local knights unskilled in the law. By analyzing county peronnel and their role of the courts, Robert C. Palmer shows that these courts were, on the contrary, clearly professional and controlled by the magnates through their lawyers. Nevertheless, as the author demonstrates by his study of the process of jurisdictional change, the county courts were increasingly relegated to lesser roles by changes meant to assure justice to county litigants, while the king's court became the normal court of original jurisdiction for most important cases.

Record # 506987

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Decameron: The John Payne Translation by: Boccaccio, Giovanni

Decameron: The John Payne Translation
by: Boccaccio, Giovanni

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 947 pages. Complete in one volume. Revised and annotated by Charles S. Singleton. Singleton preserves the genius of Payne's language and style, but removes the Victorianisms that intrude upon the enjoyment of contemporary readers. He adds essential annotation and original interpretation to round out this unexcelled English edition of Boccaccio's great work. Clean copy.

Record # 386270

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Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli, The (Volume 2 only)by: Walker, Leslie J. (English translation, Introduction, Notes), Cecil H. Clough (New Introduction)

Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelli, The (Volume 2 only)
by: Walker, Leslie J. (English translation, Introduction, Notes), Cecil H. Clough (New Introduction)

Hardcover. London, UK, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 404 pages. Hardcover. Volume 2 ONLY. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Foldout family trees of the House of Medici, etc. attached. Previous owner's notes/underlining on a few pages in pencil. Top edge dyed orange. Dust jacket price clipped. Some tape outlines on front flyleaf and back page. First published in 1950, this classic translation by the late Leslie J. Waker has been out of print for some years. It is now reissued complete, together with an introductory essay by Cecil H. Clough which places Father Walker's contribution in the context of current researches.

Record # 99230

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Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saintby: Andr

Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint
by: Andr

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st US, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 416 pages. In this towering work, Andre Vauchez draws on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi produced over the past forty years as well on as his own expertise in medieval hagiography to tell the most comprehensive and authoritative version of Francis's life and afterlife published in the past half century. After a detailed and yet engaging reconstruction of Francis's life and work, Vauchez focuses on the myriad texts--hagiographies, chronicles, sermons, personal testimonies, etc.--of writers who recorded aspects of Francis's life and movement as they remembered them, and used those remembrances to construct a portrait of Francis relevant to their concerns. We see varying versions of his life reflected in the work of Machiavelli, Luther, Voltaire, German and English romantics, pre-Raphaelites, Italian nationalists, and Mussolini, and discover how peace activists, ecologists, or interreligious dialogists have used his example to promote their various causes. Particularly noteworthy is the attention Vauchez pays to Francis's own writings, which strangely enough have been largely overlooked by later interpreters. Clean copy.

Record # 374079

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French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry - The Late XIV Century and the Patronage of the Duke (Two Volume Set)by: Meiss, Millard

French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry - The Late XIV Century and the Patronage of the Duke (Two Volume Set)
by: Meiss, Millard

Hardcover. London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1st Edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Text Volume - 450 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles & gilt decorations to cover, spine. Frontis illustration, Parement Master and Workshop: Annunciation, Paris, in full color, tipped-in. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Dust jacket with foxing, toning, now protected with plastic cover. Light foxing to edges. Otherwise very good, clean condition. Plate Volume - Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt titles & decorations. 845 plates, 12 full page, full color, tipped-in & beautifully presented. Dust jacket with light foxing, now protected with plastic cover. Light foxing to edges. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 750255

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Giovanni Pisano Sculptorby: Ayrton, Michael/Henry Moore/Ilario Bessi

Giovanni Pisano Sculptor
by: Ayrton, Michael/Henry Moore/Ilario Bessi

Hardcover. New York, Weybright and Talley, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with 370 black & white plates and a color frontispiece. Introduction by Henry Moore. Photographs by Ilario Bessi in collaboration with Henry Moore. Brown canvas, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover blocked in gilt with publishers' device, Dust jacket with light surface wear to back cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611838

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Going to Church in Medieval Englandby: Nicholas Orme

Going to Church in Medieval England
by: Nicholas Orme

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st pbk, 2022, Softcover, 483 pages. An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century. Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century. In this comprehensive study, Nicholas Orme shows how they came into existence, who staffed them, and how their buildings were used. He explains who went to church, who did not attend, how people behaved there, and how they--not merely the clergy--affected how worship was staged. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 381818

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Gothic Sculpture in France 1140-1270by: Sauerlander, Willibald/Max Hirmer

Gothic Sculpture in France 1140-1270
by: Sauerlander, Willibald/Max Hirmer

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st English, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 527 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name and brief inscription on front endpaper. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611836

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Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Paintings and Drawingsby: Koldeweij, Jos, Paul Vandenbroeck and Bernard Vermet

Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Paintings and Drawings
by: Koldeweij, Jos, Paul Vandenbroeck and Bernard Vermet

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Ludion Ghent/Abrams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages with 282 color plates, 53 in b&w. No dust jacket. Published to coincide with a major exhibition of the artist's work in Europe, this loving tribute to one of the greatest, and most bizarre, of the medieval painters introduces readers to the often grotesque vision expressed in his work.

Record # 351209

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Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florenceby: Norton, Charles Eliot

Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florence
by: Norton, Charles Eliot

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1880, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, with gilt top edge and titles. Minor corner and edge wear, light crack along spine but no loose pages, overall, clean and tight copy.

Record # 854290

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History of Art: Gothic Painting IIby: H?©rubel, Michel

History of Art: Gothic Painting II
by: H?©rubel, Michel

Hardcover. Geneva, Edito-Service, 1st English Ed., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pebbled red cloth with gilt decoration and color label on front cover. Good general overview of painting in Western Europe during the later Medieval period. Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 383532

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Hoysalas - A Medieval Indian Royal Family, Theby: Derrett, J. Duncan M.

Hoysalas - A Medieval Indian Royal Family, The
by: Derrett, J. Duncan M.

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 257 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Inside front hinge cracked. Minor dust jacket edge wear - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 855331

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Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Futureby: Reeves, Marjorie

Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future
by: Reeves, Marjorie

Softcover. UK, Sutton, Revised Ed., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 216 pages. Joachim of Fiore has been described as the most singular and fascinating figure of mediaeval Christendom. This title explores his unique understanding of history and looks at the powerful influence of his ideas.

Record # 386181

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Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theoriesby: Christoph Luthy, John E. Murdoch, William R.Newman

Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories
by: Christoph Luthy, John E. Murdoch, William R.Newman

Hardcover. Leiden/Boston, Brill, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth covers, 610 pages. This book on medieval and early modern corpuscular matter theories presents the research results of nineteen scholars, who show that his modern model of matter has some of its roots in physical, medical, mathematical, alchemical, and theological conceptions developed in the Middle Ages. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383976

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Law Church and Society: Essays in Honor of Stephan Kuttner (The Middle Ages Series)by: Somerville Robert; Pennington Kenneth/Editors

Law Church and Society: Essays in Honor of Stephan Kuttner (The Middle Ages Series)
by: Somerville Robert; Pennington Kenneth/Editors

Hardcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover ina worn, rubbed dust jacket. 340 pages. Essays exploring the impact of Church law on medieval legal theory. Clean copy.

Record # 382032

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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400by: Bennett, H. S.

Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
by: Bennett, H. S.

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 364 pages. A picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church. Since all of the inhabitants of England at that time were countrymen, except for a few large towns, this book is really an introduction to life in Medieval England as a whole. Clean and unmarked wraps in reddish-brown with a woodcut illustration. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397466

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London 800-1216: The Shaping of a Cityby: Brooke, Christopher, Gillian Kerr (assisted)

London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City
by: Brooke, Christopher, Gillian Kerr (assisted)

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st Edition, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on black on spine. Light tanning to pages. Spine straight. Binding tight. Takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but it is a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the history of the City and of the urban renaissance.

Record # 99249

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Malice Defeated and The Matchless Rogue (1680 )by: Elizabeth Cellier

Malice Defeated and The Matchless Rogue (1680 )
by: Elizabeth Cellier

Softcover. Berkeley CA, Augustan Reprint Society/UCLA, 1st thus, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages. Facsimile reprint of 17th century edition; 64 clean, umarked pages. Introduction by Anne Barbeau Gardiner.

Record # 384346

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Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran Charioteer: Introduction, Texts, Translations. by: Michael J.B. Allen

Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran Charioteer: Introduction, Texts, Translations.
by: Michael J.B. Allen

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 274 pages. The great Florentine Neoplatonist Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), published his commentary on Plato s Phaedrus in 1496. Though incomplete, it was the culminating attempt in a series ot analyses of one of the most memorable episodes in all Greek literature, Plato s myth of the souls as charioteers ascending through heaven to gaze upwards at the Ideas in the "superheavenly" place. The commentary contains some of Ficino's latest and most speculative thought on Platonic theogony and mythology; on the metaphysics and the epistemology of beauty; on the soul s ethereal vehicles; on its flight tall, and immortality; and on the origins and natures of the four divine madnesses, preeminently the poetic and the amatory. It also betrays some fascinating misconceptions of the Phaedrus, since Ficino, assuming it was the first of Plato s dialogues, thought it especially indebted to Pythagorean ideas and motifs, on the one hand, and to the poetic madness on the other. Along with a comprehensive historical introduction and notes, Mr. Allen has given us critically edited texts and translations of the commentary and its accompanying summae, and of Phaedran passages embedded in earlier works. Also included is the text of Ficino s Latin translation of the dialogue s "mythical hymn," on which the bulk of the commentary and summae was based. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386909

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Medieval Childrenby: Nicholas Orme

Medieval Children
by: Nicholas Orme

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 387 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. Leading medieval historian Nicholas Orme draws together a vast range of sources and disciplines-history, literature, religion, and art-to create a picture of medieval childhood more comprehensive than ever before. Beginning with pregnancy and childbirth, Orme explores the succeeding stages of a child's growth to adulthood. He discusses baptism, the significance of birthdays and ages, and family life, including upbringing, food, clothes, sleep, and the plight of the poor. He also chronicles the misfortunes of childhood, from disablement, abuse, and accidents to illness and death. In a fascinating review of the special culture of children, the author describes their rhymes, toys, and games; their religion and relationship to the Church; and their learning to read the literature for children. The final chapter of the book explains how adolescents grew up and entered the adult world. Mild fade to spine, front fly leaf with two small scars to black paper, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 382078

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Medieval Germany and its Neighbours: 900-1250by: Leyser, K. J.

Medieval Germany and its Neighbours: 900-1250
by: Leyser, K. J.

Softcover. London, The Hambledon Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 288 pages. The inner workings of early medieval societies cannot be understood without also studying their links - religious, cultural, economic and political - with their neighbours. In this collection Karl Leyser shows how Ottonian and Salian Germany both influenced and was influenced by the societies with which it came into contact. While the author's central interest is in Germany, his work is of value for the study of medieval European society as a whole. Clean copy.

Record # 382031

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Medieval Rhetoric and Poetic to 1400 - Interpreted from Representative Worksby: Baldwin, Charles Sears

Medieval Rhetoric and Poetic to 1400 - Interpreted from Representative Works
by: Baldwin, Charles Sears

Hardcover. Gloucester, MA, Peter Smith, Reprint, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 321 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with light wear to edges & black titles to spine. Faint soil to top edge. Otherwise clean inside and out. Tight copy.

Record # 2233107

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Methodus Curandi Febres Propriis Observationibus Superstructuraby: Sydenham, Thomae / Latham, R.G. (trans.) / Meynell, G.G. (intro.)

Methodus Curandi Febres Propriis Observationibus Superstructura
by: Sydenham, Thomae / Latham, R.G. (trans.) / Meynell, G.G. (intro.)

Hardcover. Folkestone UK, Winterdown Books, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 248 pages. Sydenham's first book on the treatment of fevers, has been reprinted since the 2nd edition of 1668 and has never been translated as a whole until this book. Text is in both Latin and English. The Latin text of the 1666 and 1668 editions with English translation from R.G. Latham (1848). Introduction, notes and index by G.G. Meynell. Limited to 275 copies. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386714

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Ms. Frizzle's Adventures Medieval Castleby: Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures Medieval Castle
by: Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glazed pictorial boards, 40 pages. Brilliant, vibrantly colored pictures by Bruce Degen illustrate this story. 'With her reluctant student, Arnold, the Friz slips through a mysterious trap door and ends up in the Middle Ages. There, they explore a medieval castle, meeting the people who live there and learning about everyday life within the castle walls.' Sicker residue on rear cover, crease to front fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Record # 396312

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Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Cultureby: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture
by: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Softcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 204 pages. "Not of woman born," "the Fortunate," "the Unborn" - the terms designating those born by Caesarean section in medieval and Renaissance Europe were mysterious and ambiguous. In antiquity, children fortunate enough to have survived a Caesarean birth were believed to be marked for a special destiny. Vividly tracing the evolution of Caesarean birth from the early 1300s (when the operation was performed almost exclusively by midwives) through the Renaissance period (when midwives were considered witches and male surgeons took control), Blumenfeld-Kosinski . . . does more than provide [an] engrossingly accessible, historical account of the now-commonplace procedure--she unveils the roots of a medical misogyny that still prevails today. A richly cross-disciplined study utilizing depictions of Caesarean delivery in art, literature, and medical texts and illuminations (illustrations), [this book] is a captivating and revealing work that will be relished by readers of medical and cultural history, as well as by those who are interested in the subject of male dominance over women. Clean copy.

Record # 387396

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Oral Tradition in the Early Middle Ages (SIGNED COPY)by: Richter, Michael

Oral Tradition in the Early Middle Ages (SIGNED COPY)
by: Richter, Michael

Softcover. Belgium, Brepols Publishers, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 76 pages. INSCRIBED BY RICHTER on front fly leaf. Light pencil marks to several pages.

Record # 382036

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Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz by: Marenbon, John

Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz
by: Marenbon, John

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 354 pages. From the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Christian writers were fascinated and troubled by the "Problem of Paganism," which this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wisdom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fact that they were pagans and, many thought, damned? Related questions were raised by encounters with contemporary pagans in northern Europe, Mongolia, and, later, America and China. Pagans and Philosophers explores how writers-philosophers and theologians, but also poets such as Dante, Chaucer, and Langland, and travelers such as Las Casas and Ricci-tackled the Problem of Paganism. Augustine and Boethius set its terms, while Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury were important early advocates of pagan wisdom and virtue. University theologians such as Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine, and later thinkers such as Ficino, Valla, More, Bayle, and Leibniz, explored the difficulty in depth. Meanwhile, Albert the Great inspired Boethius of Dacia and others to create a relativist conception of scientific knowledge that allowed Christian teachers to remain faithful Aristotelians. At the same time, early anthropologists such as John of Piano Carpini, John Mandeville, and Montaigne developed other sorts of relativism in response to the issue. Clean copy.

Record # 386640

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Peterborough Chronicle, 1070-1154 by: Clark, Cecily (Ed.)

Peterborough Chronicle, 1070-1154
by: Clark, Cecily (Ed.)

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 2nd Ed., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. Based on the 1958 edition, this printing has extensive changes and additional material. Fold-out map, 136 pages. No marking.

Record # 379167

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Plan of St. Gall, The: In Brief by: Price, Lorna

Plan of St. Gall, The: In Brief
by: Price, Lorna

Softcover. Los Angeles, University of California Press , 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Large softcover, 100 pages; many illustrations. Clean and tight; fairly unblemished. Stiff card wraps with wraparound jacket. Following the publication of the 3-volume Plan of St. Gall an exhibition was mounted which used selected text, drawings, models, etc. that were used to produce the large work This shorter volume grew out of that exhibition.

Record # 410565

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Routes Romanes: 1- La Route aux Saintsby: Oursel, Raymond

Routes Romanes: 1- La Route aux Saints
by: Oursel, Raymond

Hardcover. Paris, Zodiaque, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 407 pages plus index. Color and b&w gravure plates, plans of medieval churches of France. French text. A clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 403692

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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Cultureby: William Eamon

Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
by: William Eamon

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 490 pages. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines. Clean copy.

Record # 374329

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Science and the Secrets of Nature; Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture by: William Eamon

Science and the Secrets of Nature; Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
by: William Eamon

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 490 pages. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines. Clean copy.

Record # 386475

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