Monstres D Mons Et Merveilles La Fin Du Moyen Ge

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Monstres D Mons Et Merveilles La Fin Du Moyen Age

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Author : Claude-Claire Kappler
language : fr
Publisher: Payot & Rivages
Release Date : 1999

Monstres D Mons Et Merveilles La Fin Du Moyen Age written by Claude-Claire Kappler and has been published by Payot & Rivages this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Social Science categories.

Mirabilia Descripta

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Author : Christine Gadrat
language : fr
Publisher: École nationale des chartes
Release Date : 2005

Mirabilia Descripta written by Christine Gadrat and has been published by École nationale des chartes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.

Certaines epoques ont ete plus propices que d'autres aux rencontres et aux echanges entre l'Asie et l'Europe; les XIIIe et XIVe siecles en font partie. Jordan Catala de Severac est de ces voyageurs-explorateurs, de ces missionnaires envoyes par une papaute soucieuse de repondre a son devoir d'evangelisation du monde. Parti pour la Chine en 1321, il s'arrete finalement en Inde. Revenu ensuite a Avignon, ou le pape Jean XXII le nomme eveque de Quilon, il ecrit son recit, les Mirabilia descripta, avant de reprendre la route. Dans ce texte, conserve par un unique manuscrit, Jordan Catala s'attache a evoquer une tres grande partie du monde connu a son epoque, de l'Italie a la Chine et a l'Indonesie, sans oublier l'Afrique. Ce qu'il ecrit, parfois tres brievement, permet de degager ses conceptions geographiques. L'Inde, ou plutot les trois Indes, selon le schema traditionnel, tiennent la plus grande part du recit. Davantage qu'un recit de voyage ou qu'un rapport de mission au pape, il s'agit d'un recueil de mirabilia, dans la lignee d'une longue tradition litteraire. Les Mirabilia descripta presentent de nombreuses analogies avec les recits d'autres voyageurs, mais ils s'en distinguent aussi sur plusieurs points, a commencer par le grand interet porte par Jordan aux animaux et aux plantes. Cet ouvrage se veut un tour relativement complet du " dossier " Jordan Catala, en revenant tout autant sur son oeuvre ecrite, les Mirabilia descripta et les lettres qui lui sont attribuees, que sur tout ce que l'on sait de lui par ailleurs. Jordan est sans conteste un personnage majeur dans l'histoire des missions et de la connaissance du monde: son apport est essentiel pour tout ce qui concerne l'Inde. Il etait donc non moins essentiel d'en proposer une nouvelle edition et une traduction en francais, afin de le rendre accessible au public. Christine Gadrat nous donne acces a l'experience assez exceptionnelle qui fut celle de cet homme courageux, endurant, reste enthousiaste face a l'immensite du champ dont il allait accepter la responsabilite. Nous l'en remercierons: grace a elle, Jordan Catala connaitra la notoriete qu'il merite et son oeuvre sera pleinement accessible. (extrait de la preface de Jean Richard, de l'Institut)."

The Giant Hero In Medieval Literature

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Author : Tina Marie Boyer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-05-18

The Giant Hero In Medieval Literature written by Tina Marie Boyer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-18 with History categories.

In The Giant Hero in Medieval Literature Tina Boyer counters the monstrous status of giants by arguing that they are more broadly legible than traditionally believed. Building on an initial analysis of St. Augustine’s City of God, Bernard of Clairvaux’s deliberations on monsters and marvels, and readings in Tomasin von Zerclaere’s Welsche Gast provide insights into the spectrum of antagonistic and heroic roles that giants play in the courtly realm. This approach places the figure of the giant within the cultural and religious confines of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and allows an in-depth analysis of epics and romances through political, social, religious, and gender identities tied to the figure of the giant. Sources range from German to French, English, and Iberian works.

Medieval Virginities

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Author : Ruth Evans
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01

Medieval Virginities written by Ruth Evans 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 variety of subjects and disciplines represented here testify both to the elusiveness of virginity and to its lasting appeal and importance. Medieval Virginities shows how virginity's inherent ambiguity highlights the problems, contradictions and discontinuities lurking within medieval ideologies.

The Monstrous Races In Medieval Art And Thought

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Author : John Block Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2000-06-01

The Monstrous Races In Medieval Art And Thought written by John Block Friedman and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with History categories.

Beyond the boundaries of the known Christian world during the Middle Ages, there were alien cultures that intrigued, puzzled, and sometimes frightened the people of Europe. The reports of travelers in Africa and Asia revealed that "monstrous" races of men lived there, whose appearance and customs were quite different from the European norm. This book examines the impact of these races upon Western art, literature, and philosophy, from their earliest mention until the age of exploration. Friedman furnishes a descriptive catalog of the races, most of which were real, geographically remote peoples, some of which were fabled creatures that served as symbols. He traces the evolution of European attitudes toward them, with particular emphasis on the high Middle Ages, when they seem most strongly to have captured the Western imagination. Ranging through literature, the arts, cartography, canon law, and theology, he considers the widely varying ways in which Christians viewed and depicted strange races of men. Finally, he examines transformations in European consciousness brought about by the discoveries of the exotic peoples of the Americas. Whatever their form—pygmy, giant, hirsute cave—dweller, cyclops, or Amazon-the monstrous races clearly challenged the traditional concept of man in the Christian world scheme. It is the medieval thinking about this challenge that Mr. Friedman addresses in this revealing account.

The Medieval French Alexander

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Author : Donald Maddox
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2002-07-11

The Medieval French Alexander written by Donald Maddox and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-11 with Literary Criticism categories.

Overall, the collection offers a provocative rethinking of the monumental medieval French tradition of Alexander the Great, as well as valuable insight into the emergence and transformations of French literature between the early twelfth century and the end of the Middle Ages."--BOOK JACKET.

The Birth Of Europe

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Author : Jacques Le Goff
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-02-04

The Birth Of Europe written by Jacques Le Goff and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-04 with History categories.

In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably theleading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of theprimacy of the Middle Ages in the development of Europeanhistory. "[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessmentfrom a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves,not just territorially, but in that other precious element ofhistory: time." The Guardian "A book that never fails to be informative, readable andprovocative. Le Goff... has been the bravest and best of championsfor medieval history. This book... is in every sense aninspiration." BBC History Magazine Praised by prominent figures in Europe and history including:Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH, Former Member of the EuropeanCommission, and Neil Kinnock, Vice-President, EuropeanCommission.

Monsters And The Monstrous In Medieval Northwest Europe

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Author : Karin E. Olsen
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2001

Monsters And The Monstrous In Medieval Northwest Europe written by Karin E. Olsen and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.

The essays in this book examine various manifestations of monstrosity in the early literatures of England, Ireland and Scandinavia. The dates of the texts discussed range from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries and were written either in Latin or in one of the vernaculars. The present contributions shed light on the physical, mental and metaphysical qualities that characterize medieval monsters in general. How do such creatures relate to accepted physical norms? How do their behaviours deviate from established cultural practices? How can their presence in both fictional and non-fictional texts be explained either in terms of a textual tradition or as a response to actual events? Such issues are examined from literary, philological, theological, and historical points of view in order to provide a thorough, multifaceted depiction of the sub- and supernatural monsters of medieval Northwest Europe.

The Medieval Imagination

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Author : Jacques Le Goff
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1992-12-15

The Medieval Imagination written by Jacques Le Goff 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 1992-12-15 with Education categories.

To write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and the Church as mystical body; the symbols of power such as flags and oriflammes; and the contradictory world of dreams, marvels, devils, and wild forests. "Le Goff is one of the most distinguished of the French medieval historians of his generation . . . he has exercised immense influence."—Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books "The whole book turns on a fascinating blend of the brutally materialistic and the generously imaginative."—Tom Shippey, London Review of Books "The richness, imaginativeness and sheer learning of Le Goff's work . . . demand to be experienced."—M. T. Clanchy, Times Literary Supplement

Travellers Intellectuals And The World Beyond Medieval Europe

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Author : James Muldoon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-05-15

Travellers Intellectuals And The World Beyond Medieval Europe written by James Muldoon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Science categories.

As the articles reprinted in this volume demonstrate, medieval men and women were curious about the world around them. They wanted to hear about distant lands and the various peoples who inhabited them. Travellers' tales, factual such as that of Marco Polo, and fictional, such as Chaucer's famous pilgrimage, entertained audiences across Europe. Colorful mappaemundi placed in churches illustrated these other lands and peoples for those who could not read. Medieval travel literature was not only entertaining, however, it was also informative, generating proto-ethnological information about the world beyond Latin Christendom that provided useful guidance for those such as merchants and missionaries who intended to travel abroad. Merchants learned about safe travel routes to foreign lands, about dangers to be avoided on the roads and at sea, about cultural practices that might interfere with their attempts at trade, and about products that would be suitable for foreign markets. Churchmen read the reports of missionaries to understand the beliefs of Muslims and other non-believers in order to debate with them and to learn their languages. These articles illustrate how travellers' reports in turn shaped the European response to the world beyond Europe, and are set in context in the editor's introduction.