The Sibyl Series Of The Fifteenth Century
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The Sibyl Series Of The Fifteenth Century
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Author : Robin Raybould
language : en
Publisher: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
Release Date : 2016-11-17
The Sibyl Series Of The Fifteenth Century written by Robin Raybould and has been published by Brill's Studies in Intellectua this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-17 with History categories.
Raybould's The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century examines the change that occurred in representations of the sibyls during the early Renaissance, representations intended to provide new witness by these pagan prophetesses to the universality of the Christian message.
The Sibyl Series Of The Fifteenth Century
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Author : Robin Raybould
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-10-18
The Sibyl Series Of The Fifteenth Century written by Robin Raybould and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with History categories.
Robin Raybould's The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century examines the startling and sudden change that occurred in the representation of the sibyls throughout Europe during the early Renaissance. Raybould describes how and why during this period the number, names, attributes and prophecies of these archaic prophetesses were selected and stabilized thus providing new witness to the Christian message in sharp contrast to earlier representations where the sibyls had played a minor role in the history of classical and Christian divination and prophecy. The book examines all the fifteenth-century instances of these series, as well as the manuscripts which describe them, identifies the origin of the sibylline prophecies and suggests reasons for the widespread popularity of this new artistic phenomenon.
Women Aging And Art
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Author : Frima Fox Hofrichter
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Women Aging And Art written by Frima Fox Hofrichter and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with Art categories.
What images come to mind with the words “women”, “aging”, “old”, even “elderly”? Are they stereotypes? Are there any positive associations? The thirteen contributions to this edited volume explore a broad range of images of old women, ranging from medieval “old wives” to contemporary re-imaginations of shamans and witches and empowering self-portraits. Works from medieval Europe to colonialtime Polynesia, present West Africa, Japan, and the Americas, in a multiplicity of media are explored in detail. These studies of varied representations of “old women” offer fresh perspectives and an engaging dialogue about society's values and preconceptions regarding the wisdom of our elders and the “golden years” in different times and cultures.
They Believed That
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Author : William E. Burns
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2022-12-01
They Believed That written by William E. Burns and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with Science categories.
This encyclopedia is the perfect guide to the weird, magical, superstitious, and supernatural beliefs of people from all over the world. This book is devoted to those human beliefs that fall in the "gray zone" between science, religion, and everyday life-call them superstitious, supernatural, magical, or just wrong. In an often incomprehensible world where lightning or plague could end life quickly or drought could condemn a poor family to agonizing death, superstitious beliefs gave people a feeling of understanding or even control. They have continued to shape societies and cultures ever since. This book covers a range of superstitious, supernatural, and otherwise unusual beliefs from the ancient world to the early 19th century. More than 100 entries explain beliefs, discuss historical evidence, and explain how each belief differs across cultures. This book is a perfect gateway for anyone curious about superstitious and magical beliefs, with topics ranging from the everyday, such as dogs and iron, to legendary figures, such as Hermes Trismegistus and the Yellow Emperor.
Prophecy And Sibylline Imagery In The Renaissance
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Author : Jessica L. Malay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Prophecy And Sibylline Imagery In The Renaissance written by Jessica L. Malay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. The sibyls — figures from classical antiquity — played important roles in literature, scholarship and art of the period, exerting a powerful authority due to their centuries-old connection to prophetic declamations of the coming of Christ and the Apocalypse. The identity of the sibyls, however, was not limited to this particular aspect of their fame, but contained a fluid multi-layering of meanings given their prominence in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, as well as the widespread dissemination of prophecies attributed the sibyls that circulated through the oral tradition. Sibylline prophecy of the Middle Ages served as another conduit through which sibylline authority, fame, and familiarity was transmitted and enhanced. Writers as disparate as John Foxe, John Dee, Thomas Churchyard, John Fletcher, Thomas Heywood, Jane Seager, John Lyly, An Collins, William Shakespeare, and many draw upon this shared sibylline tradition to produce particular and specific meanings in their writing. This book explores the many identities, the many faces, of the prophetic sibyls as they appear in the works of English Renaissance writers.
The Woodcutters Of The Netherlands In The Fifteenth Century
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Author : Sir William Martin Conway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
The Woodcutters Of The Netherlands In The Fifteenth Century written by Sir William Martin Conway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Block books categories.
Dante And The Mediterranean Comedy
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Author : Andrea Celli
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-09-10
Dante And The Mediterranean Comedy written by Andrea Celli and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
In recent decades the concept of Mediterranean has been cited with increasing frequency in relation to the study of medieval literatures. And yet, in what sense would Dante’s Comedy be ‘Mediterranean’? Is it because of its Greek-Arabic and Islamic sources? Dante and the Mediterranean Comedy analyzes the ideological function of references to the sea in the study of the Comedy undertaken by Enrico Cerulli, a scholar of Somali-Ethiopian languages, and a colonial governor of ‘Italian East Africa.’ Then it presents novel lines of inquiry on the reception and appropriation of the poem, such as the presence of Islamic sources in early commentaries of the Comedy, and cross-cultural allusions to Dante’s Hell in some graffiti on the walls of the Spanish Inquisition prison in Palermo. The image of the Mediterranean that seeps through the poem and through the history of its circulation is vivid yet hardly idyllic.
Management And Resolution Of Conflict And Rivalries In Renaissance Europe
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Author : Jill Kraye
language : en
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Release Date : 2023-08-14
Management And Resolution Of Conflict And Rivalries In Renaissance Europe written by Jill Kraye and has been published by V&R Unipress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-14 with History categories.
This is the third and final volume of essays issuing from the Leverhulme International Network 'Renaissance Conflict and Rivalries: Cultural Polemics in Europe, c. 1300–c. 1650'. The overall aim of the network was to examine the various ways in which conflict and rivalries made a positive contribution to cultural production and change during the Renaissance. The present volume, which contains papers delivered at the third colloquium, draws that examination to a close by considering a range of different strategies deployed in the period to manage conflict and rivalries and to bring them to a positive resolution. The papers explore these developments in the context of political, diplomatic, social, institutional, religious, and art history.
The Paston Family In The Fifteenth Century Volume 2 Fastolf S Will
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Author : Colin Richmond
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-16
The Paston Family In The Fifteenth Century Volume 2 Fastolf S Will written by Colin Richmond and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Paston family have long been famous for the large collection of letters and papers which bear their name. However, only recently have the 'Paston Letters' been used systematically by historians of fifteenth-century England: they are both attractive to read and fiendishly difficult to use as source material for the historian. This, the second volume in Colin Richmond's individual and compelling study of the Pastons, describes the bitter disputes over the will of Sir John Fastolf (d. 1459) which dogged the family for many years, and which hold a wider significance for the law, English country society, and the complex politics of the fifteenth century. Professor Richmond uses his mastery of the Paston documents to illuminate many obscurities surrounding the will, and at the same time creates an insightful and sympathetic picture of this fascinating, often troubled family.
Seeing Into The Future
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Author : Martin van Creveld
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2020-06-15
Seeing Into The Future written by Martin van Creveld and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-15 with History categories.
The ability to predict the future is essential to modern life. Planning for population growth or changes in weather patterns or forecasting demand for products and managing inventories would be impossible without it. But how have people through the ages gone about making predictions? What were their underlying assumptions, and what methods did they use? Have increased computer power and the newest algorithms improved our success in anticipating the future, or are we still only as good (or as bad) as our ancestors bent over their auguries? From the ancients watching the flight of birds to the murky activities of Google and Facebook today, Seeing into the Future provides vital insight into the past, present, and—of course—future of prediction.