Niorstigningar Saga: Sources, Transmission, and Theology of the Old Norse Descent into Hell
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The Evangelium Nicodemi, or Gospel of Nicodemus, was the most widely circulated apocryphal writing...
In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal
Niklaus Largier and Graham Harman
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In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal is a new history of voluntary flagellation in...
The Life of the Virgin: Maximus the Confessor
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Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the...
Manors and Markets: Economy and Society in the Low Countries 500-1600
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The Low Countries - an area roughly embracing the present-day Netherlands and Belgium - formed a...
Dramatic Geography: Romance, Intertheatricality, and Cultural Encounter in Early Modern Mediterranean Drama
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Focusing on early modern plays which stage encounters between peoples of different cultures, this...
Medieval English Theatre 38 - The Best Pairt of Our Play. Essays Presented to John J. Mcgavin. Part II: Part II
Sarah Carpenter, Pamela M. King, Meg Twycross and Greg Walker
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Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide...
Plague and Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: The Ottoman Experience, 1347-1600
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This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black...
Dante's Journey to Polyphony
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In Dante's Journey to Polyphony, Francesco Ciabattoni's erudite analysis sheds light on Dante's use...
Reading Robin Hood: Content, Form and Reception in the Outlaw Myth
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Reading Robin Hood explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the Middle Ages...
States of Credit: Size, Power, and the Development of European Polities
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States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of representative...