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From She-Wolf to Martyr

Author : Elizabeth Casteen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501701002
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book From She-Wolf to Martyr written by Elizabeth Casteen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1343 a seventeen-year-old girl named Johanna (1326–1382) ascended the Neapolitan throne, becoming the ruling monarch of one of medieval Europe’s most important polities. For nearly forty years, she held her throne and the avid attention of her contemporaries. Their varied responses to her reign created a reputation that made Johanna the most notorious woman in Europe during her lifetime. In From She-Wolf to Martyr, Elizabeth Casteen examines Johanna’s evolving, problematic reputation and uses it as a lens through which to analyze often-contradictory late-medieval conceptions of rulership, authority, and femininity. When Johanna inherited the Neapolitan throne from her grandfather, many questioned both her right to and her suitability for her throne. After the murder of her first husband, Johanna quickly became infamous as a she-wolf—a violent, predatory, sexually licentious woman. Yet, she also eventually gained fame as a wise, pious, and able queen. Contemporaries—including Francesco Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Birgitta of Sweden, and Catherine of Siena—were fascinated by Johanna. Drawing on a wide range of textual and visual sources, Casteen reconstructs the fourteenth-century conversation about Johanna and tracks the role she played in her time’s cultural imaginary. She argues that despite Johanna’s modern reputation for indolence and incompetence, she crafted a new model of female sovereignty that many of her contemporaries accepted and even lauded.

Reconsidering Boccaccio

Author : Olivia Holmes
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 148751395X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Boccaccio written by Olivia Holmes and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsidering Boccaccio highlights the great Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio’s remarkable achievements in the fourteenth century as a cultural mediator; his exceptional social, geographic, and intellectual range; and the influence of his legacy on numerous cultural networks. Grounded in Boccaccio’s own writings, Reconsidering Boccaccio brings a variety of methodologies and critical approaches to the works of one of the ‘three crowns’ of Italian literature. Containing essays by scholars not only of Italian literature, but also history, law, classics, and Middle Eastern literature, this collection is part of a vital movement to open up a dialogue among researchers in various areas of study that touch on the works of Boccaccio. The volume highlights the necessity of a technical and historical framework when approaching Boccaccio studies, while also shedding new light on the lives of women and their role in the reception of Boccaccio’s works.

Memorialising Premodern Monarchs

Author : Gabrielle Storey
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030841308
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Memorialising Premodern Monarchs written by Gabrielle Storey and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the legacies and depictions of monarchs in an international context, focusing on both self-representation and commemoration by others. Spanning ancient India through to eighteenth-century Russia, this volume offers several case studies to demonstrate trends and patterns in how different societies chose to commemorate and remember their rulers in a variety of mediums. Contributions highlight several lesser known rulers, alongside more famous ones such as Henry VIII of England, to develop a deeper understanding of how memory and monarchy functioned when drawn together. Memorialising Premodern Monarchs brings to the fore the importance of memory and memorialisation when considering the legacies and records of past rulers and their societies, and allows a deeper reflection on how these rulers live on through the historical record and popular culture.

Souls under Siege

Author : Nicole Archambeau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501753673
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Souls under Siege written by Nicole Archambeau and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Souls under Siege, Nicole Archambeau explores how the inhabitants of southern France made sense of the ravages of successive waves of plague, the depredations of mercenary warfare, and the violence of royal succession during the fourteenth century. Many people, she finds, understood both plague and war as the symptoms of spiritual sicknesses caused by excessive sin, and they sought cures in confession. Archambeau draws on a rich evidentiary base of sixty-eight narrative testimonials from the canonization inquest for Countess Delphine de Puimichel, which was held in the market town of Apt in 1363. Each witness in the proceedings had lived through the outbreaks of plague in 1348 and 1361, as well as the violence inflicted by mercenaries unemployed during truces in the Hundred Years' War. Consequently, their testimonies unexpectedly reveal the importance of faith and the role of affect in the healing of body and soul alike. Faced with an unprecedented cascade of crises, the inhabitants of Provence relied on saints and healers, their worldview connecting earthly disease and disaster to the struggle for their eternal souls. Souls under Siege illustrates how medieval people approached sickness and uncertainty by using a variety of remedies, making clear that "healing" had multiple overlapping meanings in this historical moment.

Women in the Medieval Court

Author : Rebecca Holdorph
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526739828
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Women in the Medieval Court written by Rebecca Holdorph and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising look at women who wielded power in medieval Europe, from queens to concubines to abbesses. Medieval society might expect the elite women who decorated its courts to play the role of Queen Guinevere, but many of these women had very different ideas. Great queens, who sometimes ruled in their own right, fought wars and forged empires. Noblewomen acted behind the scenes to change the course of politics. Far from cloistered off from the world, powerful abbesses played the role of kingmaker. And concubines had a role to play as well, both as political actors and as mothers of children who might change a country’s destiny. They experienced tremendous success and dramatic downfalls. This book tells the stories of women from across medieval Europe, from a Danish queen who waged political war to form a Scandinavian empire to a Tuscan countess who joined her troops on the battlefield. Whether they wielded power in battle, from a convent, or from a throne—or even in the bedchamber—these women were far from damsels in distress waiting for their knights in shining armor.

Sanctity and Female Authorship

Author : Maria H. Oen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000703096
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sanctity and Female Authorship written by Maria H. Oen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birgitta of Sweden (Birgitta Birgersdotter, 1302/03-1373) and her younger contemporary Catherine of Siena (Caterina Benincasa, 1347-1380) form the most powerful and influential female duo in European history. Both enjoyed saintly reputations in life, while acting as the charismatic leaders of a considerable group of followers consisting of clergy as well as mighty secular men and women. They are also among the very few women of the Trecento to leave a substantial body of written work which was widely disseminated in their original languages and in translations. Copies of Birgitta’s Liber celestis revelacionum (The Heavenly Book of Revelations) and compilations of Catherine's letters (Le lettere), prayers Le orazioni) and her theological work, Il Dialogo della divina Provvidenza (The Dialogue) found their way into monastic, royal, and humanist libraries all over Europe. After their deaths, Birgitta’s and Catherine’s respective groups of supporters sought to have them formally canonized. In both cases, however, their political and theological outspokenness, orally and in text, and their public authority represented obstacles. In this comparative study, leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds offer, for the very first time, a comprehensive exploration of the lives and activities of Birgitta and Catherine in tandem. Particular attention is given to their literary works and the complex process of negotiating their sanctity and authorial roles. Above all, what the chapters reveal is the many points of connections between two of the most influential women of the Trecento, and how they were related to one another by their peers and successors.

The Permeable Self

Author : Barbara Newman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812253345
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Permeable Self written by Barbara Newman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Permeable Self offers medievalists new insight into the appeal and dangers of the erotics of pedagogy; the remarkable influence of courtly romance conventions on hagiography and mysticism; and the unexpected ways that pregnancy—often devalued in mothers—could be positively ascribed to men, virgins, and God.

The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417

Author : Joëlle Rollo-Koster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316733831
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Great Western Schism, 1378–1417 written by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Schism divided Western Christianity between 1378 and 1417. Two popes and their courts occupied the see of St. Peter, one in Rome, and one in Avignon. Traditionally, this event has received attention from scholars of institutional history. In this book, by contrast, Joëlle Rollo-Koster investigates the event through the prism of social drama. Marshalling liturgical, cultural, artistic, literary and archival evidence, she explores the four phases of the Schism: the breach after the 1378 election, the subsequent division of the Church, redressive actions, and reintegration of the papacy in a single pope. Investigating how popes legitimized their respective positions and the reception of these efforts, Rollo-Koster shows how the Schism influenced political thought, how unity was achieved, and how the two capitals, Rome and Avignon, responded to events. Rollo-Koster's approach humanizes the Schism, enabling us to understand the event as it was experienced by contemporaries.

Paul the Martyr

Author : David L. Eastman
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589835158
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Paul the Martyr written by David L. Eastman and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient iconography of Paul is dominated by one image: Paul as martyr. Whether he is carrying a sword--the traditional instrument of his execution--or receiving a martyr's crown from Christ, the apostle was remembered and honored for his faithfulness to the point of death. As a result, Christians created a cult of Paul, centered on particular holy sites and characterized by practices such as the telling of stories, pilgrimage, and the veneration of relics. This study integrates literary, archaeological, artistic, and liturgical evidence to describe the development of the Pauline cult within the cultural context of the late antique West.

The Blood of Martyrs

Author : Joyce E. Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135948100
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Martyrs written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-09 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Blood of Martyrs Joyce E. Salisbury chronicles the many spectacles of violent martyrdom that took place during the first three centuries of the Christian era, describing the role of martyrdom in the development of the early Church, as well as its continuing influence on many of today's ideas. Salisbury shows through the engaging stories of the martyrs introduced in each chapter, how their legacy continues to shape contemporary ideas. Discussing modern martyrdom the book elicits deep lessons for the present from the ancient past and outlining the possibility of a religious future without violence. In The Blood of Martyrs, Salisbury brings to life this tumultuous time in late antiquity and sheds invaluable light on religious violence, modern martyrs, and self-sacrifice.

An Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, Being a Complete and Authentic Account of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs ... Together with a Summary of the Doctrines, Prejudices, Blasphemies, and Superstitions of the Modern Church of Rome. Originally Composed by the Rev. John Fox, M.A. with Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations by the Rev. J. Milner ... A New Edition, Greatly Improved and Corrected

Download An Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, Being a Complete and Authentic Account of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs ... Together with a Summary of the Doctrines, Prejudices, Blasphemies, and Superstitions of the Modern Church of Rome. Originally Composed by the Rev. John Fox, M.A. with Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations by the Rev. J. Milner ... A New Edition, Greatly Improved and Corrected PDF Online Free

Author : John Foxe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book An Universal History of Christian Martyrdom, Being a Complete and Authentic Account of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs ... Together with a Summary of the Doctrines, Prejudices, Blasphemies, and Superstitions of the Modern Church of Rome. Originally Composed by the Rev. John Fox, M.A. with Notes, Commentaries, and Illustrations by the Rev. J. Milner ... A New Edition, Greatly Improved and Corrected written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Edmund

Author : Francis Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786723611
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Edmund written by Francis Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines? The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds are a memorial to the largest Romanesque church ever built. This Suffolk market town is now a quiet place, out of the way, eclipsed by its more famous neighbour Cambridge. But present obscurity may conceal a find as significant as the emergence from beneath a Leicester car-park of the remains of Richard III. For Bury, as Francis Young now reveals, is the probable site of the body – placed in an 'iron chest' but lost during the Dissolution of the Monasteries – of Edmund: martyred monarch of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia and, well before St George, England's first patron saint. After the king was slain by marauding Vikings in the ninth century, the legend which grew up around his murder led to the foundation in Bury of one of the pre-eminent shrines of Christendom. In showing how Edmund became the pivotal figure around whom Saxons, Danes and Normans all rallied, the author points to the imminent rediscovery of the ruler who created England.

Fox's Book of Martyrs

Author : John Foxe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Fox's Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 1214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading the Reverse Fa?e of Reims Cathedral

Author : DonnaL. Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351552163
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Reverse Fa?e of Reims Cathedral written by DonnaL. Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse fa?e at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the iconography in the light of Latin texts associated with the building, its history and its ceremonial use, Donna Sadler assesses the significance of the reverse fa?e in light of other thirteenth-century visual programs associated with the court of Louis IX. The book's chapters deal with the history of the cathedral and its architectural antecedents; the iconographic message of the visual program, the meaning of the reverse fa?e and how it intersects with the overall iconography; the function of the verso and how it is enhanced by the marriage of form and content; and a consideration of contemporary works linked to the court of Saint Louis, concluding with a brief look at the new roles sculpture assumes as it migrates inside cathedrals. Ultimately this book reveals how the imagery on the reverse fa?e not only conforms to a system of memory and mode of medieval narratology, but also articulates a dominant ideological position regarding the interdependence of ecclesiastical and royal powers.

Washington, Or, The Revolution

Author : Ethan Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Washington, Or, The Revolution written by Ethan Allen and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creatures of the Lands: The Complete Series Box Set

Author : Natalie Erin
Publisher : Gryfyn Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1560 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creatures of the Lands: The Complete Series Box Set written by Natalie Erin and published by Gryfyn Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DRAGONS. FAIRIES. MAGIC. A fae princess desperate to save her realm. A dragon rider running from a dark past. Together, they inspire a new generation... one that will begin a rebellion. Enter a six-part fantasy epic where animals can speak, fairies rule, and the land of the dead has power over the realm of the living. Elves battle shifter-vampire hybrids, wolves run the pack, and magic is king in a realm where kings and queens go to war. In this special box set of forbidden love and captivating realms, true love is put to the test in an emotional saga that believes friendship can conquer even death. Will you survive a world where a tyrant king reigns? Join the adventure and binge the complete series today! ** Over 1500+ pages of sword and sorcery action! Game of Thrones meets Narnia in this epic young adult fantasy series. Fans of His Dark Materials will love this funny and adventurous coming-of-age saga. This story of magical creatures, witches, elves and fae will revive memories of beloved works by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. "This is a fantastic read, keeps you intrigued to the very end. This will be a Journey to remember." - Brandy's Book Review ????? "From fairies to dragons to shape shifters, this book has it all and more. A must read from a great author." - Helen Mummy Pearce, The Oracle's Lair ????? "Natalie Erin paints the beautiful sketch of a forest and a story about a strong female character. Beautiful story which will touch your heart." - The Crazy Book Blog ????? Topics: supernatural, teen fantasy, teen fiction, magic, epic fantasy, teenage books for girls, YA paranormal books, YA paranormal fantasy, fantasy and magic, YA fantasy books, teen and young adult books, young adult fantasy, teen books, young adult paranormal, sword and sorcery, witches, fae, faeries, wolves, werewolves, shifters, vampires

The Death of the Gods

Author : Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513288113
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Death of the Gods written by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of the Gods (1895) is a novel by Dmitriy Merezhkovsky. Having turned from his work in poetry to a new, spiritually charged interest in fiction, Merezhkovsky sought to develop his theory of the Third Testament, an apocalyptic vision of Christianity’s fulfillment in twentieth century humanity. The Death of the Gods the first work in the trilogy, is followed by Resurrection of the Gods (1900) and Peter and Alexis (1904). Well received internationally, The Christ and Antichrist Trilogy was largely ignored by Russian critics at the time of its publication, but has since been recognized as his most original and vital literary work. “‘Julian!’ a voice cried; ‘Julian, Julian! Where in the world is he? Eutropius is looking for you to go to church with him.’ The boy shivered, and nimbly hid his handiwork inside the altar of Pan. He smoothed his hair, shook his clothes, and when he came out of the grotto had resumed an expression of impenetrable Christian hypocrisy.” In The Death of the Gods, Emperor Julian, recognizing the increasing popularity of Christianity among the Roman people, makes a final attempt to plant the Olympian Gods at the center of spiritual life. Opposed to the asceticism of early Christians, Julian views the emerging religion as a sacrifice of worldly existence and human connection in favor of a metaphysical ideal. Despite his idealism, the inexorable current of history dooms him from the beginning. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Dmitriy Merezhkovsky’s The Death of the Gods is a classic of Russian literature reimagined for modern readers.