Monsters Marvels And Miracles
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Marvels Monsters And Miracles
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Author : Timothy S. Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Marvels Monsters And Miracles written by Timothy S. Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This collection of essays examines medieval and early modern perceptions of the marvelous and the monstrous. The essays investigate the nature of those phenomena and how people of these periods experienced them and how they recreated that experience for others. The essays trace the development of representations of marvels and explicate individual incarnations of monster and miracles. They analyze the importance of marvelous difference in defining ethnic, racial, religious, class, and gender identities to ask what legacy the medieval confrontations with marvels left for the modern world. These excellent essays look at issues that have long perplexed readers, such as the meaning of marvels, and whether we can read them in earnest or whether they can be appreciated only as play. The different authors bring their expertise to the fore to discuss the development of thoughts on marvels from the classical tradition through the concept's development in the medieval and early modern tradition. This collection is essential reading for any analysis of the marvelous in these periods and the state of scholarship surrounding them.
Monsters Marvels And Miracles
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Author : Leif Søndergaard
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Monsters Marvels And Miracles written by Leif Søndergaard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
People at all levels of medieval society were extremely fascinated by the strange and unknown in the world around them. They tried in various ways to cope with the unfamiliar mysterious, monstrous, marvellous, and miraculous forces in order to understand them and give them a coherent meaning. Voyages were undertaken to remote parts of Asia. Some journeys were real, while others were mere "armchair travels". Most people took the descriptions in travel accounts to be the ultimate truth about the mysterious places in lands far away from Europe. Scholars formed a general view of the God-created cosmos and its seemingly mysterious character, expressed in encyclopedic works, summae, and in medieval maps. Monsters, Marvels and Miracles examines such journeys and landscapes in the Middle Ages.
Miracles Marvels And Monsters
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Author : Finch & Co
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Miracles Marvels And Monsters written by Finch & Co and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art objects categories.
Marvels Miracles Monsters
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Author : Finch & Co
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Marvels Miracles Monsters written by Finch & Co and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art objects categories.
Miracles Marvels And Monsters In The Middle Ages
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Author : Almut Höfert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Miracles Marvels And Monsters In The Middle Ages written by Almut Höfert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
On Monsters And Marvels
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Author : Ambroise Pare
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-01-10
On Monsters And Marvels written by Ambroise Pare and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-10 with Science categories.
Ambroise Paré, born in France around 1510, was chief surgeon to both Charles IX and Henri III. In one of the first attempts to explain birth defects, Paré produced On Monsters and Marvels, an illustrated encyclopedia of curiosities, of monstrous human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural phenomena. Janice Pallister's acclaimed English translation offers a glimpse of the natural world as seen by an extraordinary Renaissance natural philosopher.
Wonders Marvels And Monsters In Early Modern Culture
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Author : Peter G. Platt
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 1999
Wonders Marvels And Monsters In Early Modern Culture written by Peter G. Platt and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
""The marvelous follows us always" - or so the Italian philosopher Francesco Patrizi asserted in 1587. The essays in this book collectively make the case that this assertion could be an epigraph for the Renaissance. For Wonder was a concept absolutely central to the early modern period. Encompassing both inquiry and astonishment, "wonder" indeed followed the Renaissance everywhere - into redefinitions of the mind, the body, art, literature, the known world. Often called the age of discovery, the Renaissance should also be seen as the age of the marvelous." "However, defining just what la maraviglia would have meant for Patrizi and his age is no small task." "This volume, then, seeks to explore early modern views of wonder and the marvelous by revealing the complexity of la maraviglia in the Renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Marvels Monsters And Miracles
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Author : Leif Sondergaard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-05-01
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"This book deals with imaginary journeys and landscapes in the Middle Ages. On medieval maps, the monstrous races are placed at the margins of the world according to God's plan for Creation. People in the Middle Ages were fascinated by accounts of journeys to remote regions in Asia, Africa or in the Atlantic where strange creatures might live and remarkable events take place. The journeys were often imaginary ""armchair travels"" but nevertheless they give insight into medieval mentality. A group of the best scholars in the field contribute to this collection of essays, including John Block Friedman, Evelyn Edson, Peter Dinzelbacher, and Bernhard Meier."
Marvels Monsters And Miracles
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Author : Timothy S. Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Marvels Monsters And Miracles written by Timothy S. Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This collection of essays examines medieval and early modern perceptions of the marvelous and the monstrous. The essays investigate the nature of those phenomena and how people of these periods experienced them and how they recreated that experience for others. The essays trace the development of representations of marvels and explicate individual incarnations of monster and miracles. They analyze the importance of marvelous difference in defining ethnic, racial, religious, class, and gender identities to ask what legacy the medieval confrontations with marvels left for the modern world. These excellent essays look at issues that have long perplexed readers, such as the meaning of marvels, and whether we can read them in earnest or whether they can be appreciated only as play. The different authors bring their expertise to the fore to discuss the development of thoughts on marvels from the classical tradition through the concept's development in the medieval and early modern tradition. This collection is essential reading for any analysis of the marvelous in these periods and the state of scholarship surrounding them.
The Monstrous Middle Ages
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Author : Bettina Bildhauer
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Monstrous Middle Ages written by Bettina Bildhauer and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
The figure of the monster in medieval culture functions as a vehicle for a range of intellectual and spiritual inquiries, from questions of language and representation to issues of moral, theological, and cultural value. Monstrosity is bound up with questions of body image and deformity, nature and knowledge, hybridity and horror. To explore a culture's attitudes to the monstrous is to comprehend one of its most important symbolic tools. The Monstrous Middle Ages looks at both the representation of literal monsters and the consumption and exploitation of monstrous metaphors in a wide variety of high and late-medieval cultural productions, from travel writings and mystical texts to sermons, manuscript illuminations and maps. Individual essays explore the ways in which monstrosity shaped the construction of gender and sexual identity, religious symbolism, and social prejudice in the Middle Ages. Reading the Middle Ages through its monsters provides an opportunity to view medieval culture from fresh perspectives. The Monstrous Middle Ages will be essential reading for anyone interested in the concept of monstrosity and its significance for both medieval cultural production and contemporary critical practice.