Author: HERRIN, JUDITH (ED.)
Title: A medieval miscellany / selected and edited by Judith Herrin ; manuscript selection and book design by Linda & Michael Falter ; with an introduction by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Description: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Facsimile Editions 1999. Facsimile Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. Physical description: 207 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207). Contents: Introduction / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie -- Preface / Judith Herrin -- Preface / Linda Falter and Michael Falter -- Spring -- Love -- Love Personified -- Mutual Love -- Love's Radiance -- Fortune/telling -- Whitsun -- Love Condemned -- Love of Christ -- Love of God -- Astrology -- Misfortune -- Fortune -- A Teacher's Warning -- Children -- The Miracle of the Blind Boy -- The Calendar -- The White Cat -- An Arranged Marriage -- Advice to an Officer -- Dress -- The Gift of a Book -- A New Fair -- Rag Day -- Dress Sense -- A Scarlet Dress -- A Wedding Feast -- Warships -- Warfare -- Building -- Travel Documents -- A Shepherd's Duty -- Magic -- The Miracle of the Testicles -- Trading in India -- After Dinner Entertainment -- On the Need for Discretion -- War Personified -- Summer Storms -- Ugly Feet -- Summer Love -- Heat -- Harvest -- Hunger -- Monks Reaping -- Hiring Reapers -- Prayer Before an Ordeal -- Prayer -- Health -- Threshing -- Warfare -- Disguise -- Fiesta -- The Trial of Joan of Arc -- Ceremony of Marriage -- Jews of Babylonia -- Marriage -- An Artist's Vision -- Artistic Techniques -- The Elephant -- The Cock and the Wolf -- Prayer -- A Miraculous Statue -- Pilgrimage -- Travel -- The Swan -- Ambassadors -- Prayer for a Soul in Purgatory -- The Feast of St Demetrios -- A Cunning Escape -- Fiesta -- The Autumn of Life -- Autumn -- The Miracle of the Bloody Shirt -- Jerusalem Fair -- Pagans -- The Effects of Wine -- A Warning Against Wine -- An Auspicious Birth -- A Portent of Death -- Crusading in the West -- Crusading in the East -- Hunting -- Disruption of Trade -- The Old Nun -- A Miraculous Cure of Depression -- Pleasure Gardens -- Relics -- Relics of the Saints -- Old Age -- Inquisition -- The Black Death -- Coping with Plague -- The Epitaph of Harald -- A Miraculous Icon -- Birth -- Restriction of Prostitution -- Reform of Prostitution -- Ballade -- An Accusation of Rape -- Trial by Combat -- Swimming -- Rape -- Winter -- An Orphaned Child -- Piracy -- Dangerous Games -- Music -- Courtship -- A Game of Chess -- Normans -- A Race -- A Boar Hunt -- Teaching -- Dance -- Dance Song -- Entertainments -- The Pleasures of Music -- Prayer to the Virgin -- Christmas -- Snow -- The Virgin's Complaint -- Poverty -- The Will of Alfred -- The Death of Guillaume Champlitte -- Riches -- Travel -- A Byzantine Emperor Abroad -- Death -- Burial -- A Byzantine View of Crusaders -- Easter Regulations -- Calculating the Date of Easter -- Easter in Jerusalem. Summary: This volume aims to give an accurate picture of court. castle. church. and monastery. in medieval Europe. It brings together illustrations and extracts from works by Chaucer. Dante. and Broccacio. as well as testimonies from serving maids. paupers. priests. saints and kings.Review: Cloth bound and printed on waxy paper. this is indeed a medieval celebration. Poem. prose. prayers and stories combine to give advice and offer reflections on every aspect of life - love. astrology. dress. drinking and marriage - a lot of which is still true today. Lavishly illustrated this beautifully captures the colour and flavour of the period. (Kirkus UK)Biography: June Hager is Managing Director of Inside the Vatican. a magazine based in Rome with unparalleled access to the Church of Rome. She has travelled widely around the world and written numerous articles on Italy. art and history for Time Magazine. This is her first book. June Hager lives in Rome. Judith Herrin was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham. Subjects: Civilization. Medieval - Miscellanea. Civilization. Medieval - Pictorial works. Middle Ages - Miscellanea. Middle Ages - Pictorial works. Middle Ages - History - Sources. Middle Ages - History - Pictorial works. European history: c 500 to c 1500 ; Essays. journals. letters & other prose works ; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400. EUROPE ; Spanish ; c 1000 CE to c 1500. HISTORY / Europe / General. Language: English. ISBN: 029782483X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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