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ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE
: Volume 1: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD
[James Graham-Campbell & Magdalena Valor (eds)]
The two volumes of 'The Archaeology of Medieval Europe' will together comprise the first complete account of medieval archaeology across Europe. Archaeologists from academic institutions in fifteen countries are collaborating to produce these two books of sixteen thematic chapters each. In addition, every chapter will feature a number of 'box-texts', by specialist contributors, highlighting sites or themes of particular importance. The books will be comprehensively illustrated throughout, in both colour and b/w, including line drawings and specially commissioned maps. This ground-breaking set, which is divided chronologically into two (Volume 1 extending from the 8th-12th centuries AD, and Volume 2 from the 12th-16th centuries -- available 2008), will enable readers to track the development of different cultures, and of regional characteristics, throughout the full extent of medieval Catholic Europe. In addition to revealing shared contexts and technological developments, the complete work will also provide the opportunity for demonstrating the differences that were inevitably present across the Continent -- from Iceland to Italy, and from Portugal to Finland -- and to study why such existed.
REVIEW: "The editors and authors of this successful volume have created an invaluable and accessible resource for the teaching of medieval archaeology. In the process, they have demonstrated the richness and variety of medieval research throughout Europe in the last four decades. By engaging an international team of authors, regional patterns are more apparent in medieval archaeology and also in the practice of the discipline." -- Roberta Gilchrist.
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479pp,
170x240mm,
December 2007;
PB,
£35.00,
8779342906:9788779342903
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HB,
£50.00,
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, Aarhus University Press
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BORG IN LOFOTEN
: A Chieftan's Farm in North Norway
[Gerd Stamso Munch et al (eds)]
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310pp,
215x275mm,
December 2003;
HB,
£44.00,
8251918251:9788251918251
, Tapir Academic Press
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BORINGHOLM
: En østjysk træborg fra 1300-årene
[Jan Kock & Else Roesdahl (eds)]
Text in Danish. With contributions by Charlotte Boje Hilligsø Andersen, Aoife Daly, Knud Jessen, Ulla Johansen, Hanne Dahlerup Koch, Jan Kock, Claus Malmros, Heidi Maria Møller Nielsen, Else Østergård, Maj Ringgaard, Else Roesdahl, Penelope Walton Rogers, Erik Ulsig and Herluf Winge.
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378pp,
220x280mm,
December 2006;
HB,
£26.95,
8788415368:9788788415360
, Aarhus University Press
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CASTELLA MARIS BALTICI, VOLUME 1
[Knut Drake (ed)]
The book investigates the castle as a force and centre of innovation in the Baltic Sea from 1000-1400 and includes a presentation of eight Finnish castles. The purpose of the series is to exchange knowledge of restoration and the research on castles and fortifications in the Baltic Sea region.
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275pp,
November 1996;
PB,
£18.95,
9122015663:9789122015666
, Aarhus University Press
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CASTELLA MARIS BALTICI, VOLUME 2
[Magnus Josephson & Mats Mogren (eds)]
This book deals with the function of castles and fortified sites around the Baltic Sea AD 900-1500. The purpose of the series is to exchange knowledge of restoration and the research on castles and fortifications in the Baltic Sea region.
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247pp,
December 1996;
HB,
£18.95,
9187794128:9789187794124
, Aarhus University Press
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CASTELLA MARIS BALTICI, VOLUMES 3 & 4
[Kaur Alttoa, Knut Drake, Kasimierz Pospieszny & Kari Uotila (eds)]
The book looks at the function which town, castle and church have had in the Middle Ages in the Baltic Sea area as well as the function they have had in combination, e.g. town and castle as framework for social structure. The purpose of the series is to exchange knowledge of restoration and the research on castles and fortifications in the Baltic Sea region.
{
261pp,
November 2001;
PB,
£18.95,
9519680128:9789519680125
, Aarhus University Press
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CASTELLA MARIS BALTICI, VOLUME 5
[Nils Engberg, Jørgen Skaarup & Kjeld Borch Vesth (eds)]
The book takes a closer look at everyday life in the medieval castles. The purpose of the series is to exchange knowledge of restoration and the research on castles and fortifications in the Baltic Sea region.
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193pp,
November 2001;
HB,
£18.95,
8788509257:9788788509250
, Aarhus University Press
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CHACHAPOYA TEXTILES
: The Laguna de los Cóndores Textiles in the Museo Leymebamba, Chachapoyas, Peru
[Lena Bjerregaard]
This book analyses 45 selected textiles -- burial offerings and mummy bundle wrappings -- discovered in 1997 at a cliffside burial site overlooking Laguna de los Cóndores in the cloud forest of the northern Peruvian Andes. The find includes the best preserved and largest cache of Chachapoya textiles known to date, providing researchers with a unique opportunity to learn about little-known Chachapoya weaving techniques and style. Most of the textiles date to the Chachapoya-Inka period, ca1470-1532, although some may have been produced earlier or may date to Spanish Colonial times. The styles include local Chachapoya, Chachapoya-Inka, provincial Inka, Inka and imports from the coast or the tropical lowlands. In 2001 Lena Bjerregaard spent some months at the museum in Leymebamba analysing the textiles from Laguna de los Condores, and the book is the result of this research.
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119pp,
210x260mm,
August 2007;
HB,
£30.00,
8763504995:9788763504997
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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ECCLESIA NIDROSIENSIS, 1153-1537
[Steinar Imsen (ed)]
Text in Norwegian. In this book several archaeologists and historians discuss the cathedral of Nidaros in Norse and European context -- its political, cultural and general impact on society in the centuries after 1153. Special emphasis is placed on the different relations between centre and periphery inside the province of Nidaros, and between Nidaros and the Church leadership in Rome.
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488pp,
December 2003;
HB,
£41.50,
8251918731:9788251918732
, Tapir Academic Press
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HAMA 4, PART 3 -- LES PETITS OBJETS MÉDIÉVAUX SAUF LES VERRERIES ET POTERIES
: Fouilles et Recherches de la Fondation Carlsberg, 1931-1938
[Erling Hammershaimb, F Løkkegaard, Evelyn Oldenburg, Gunhild Ploug & Rudi Thomsen]
Text in French.
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182pp,
255x360mm,
January 1969;
PB,
£21.99,
8772881496:9788772881492
, Aarhus University Press
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PREHISTORIC & MEDIEVAL DIRECT IRON SMELTING IN SCANDINAVIA & EUROPE
: Aspects of Technology & Society
[Lars Christian Norbach (ed)]
Although the Northern European Iron Age lasted two millennia, the "golden age" in the study of its smelting sites is about to end after less than 40 years. Professional excavations did not really begin until the 1960s, and with most unexplored sites situated in topsoil, the increasingly deep ploughs of modern agriculture destroy more of this heritage every year. At this critical juncture, the papers gathered here offer a glimpse into the state of iron smelting research in both Eastern and Western Europe. They include case studies of iron production sites in archaeological contexts (including social and agricultural frameworks), comparative regional studies, metallographic investigations and techniques for geophysical prospecting and archaeomagnetic dating. The volume should appeal to those with strong interests in the Iron Age, European archaeology or the history of metallurgy.
{
335pp,
January 2003;
PB,
£34.00,
8772887745:9788772887746
, Aarhus University Press
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KAUPANG IN SKIRINGSSAL
: Excavation & Surveys at Kaupang & Huseby, 1998-2003 -- Background & Results
[Dagfinn Skre (ed)]
In Norway, not far from Oslo, archaeologists have uncovered Norway's largest Viking trading town. With its houses, workshops and burial sites Kaupang covered an area of about 50 decares (12.5 acres). The site lies in a small inlet, protected from the sea by two small islands. The sheltered location would have allowed sailing ships to travel in and out whatever the wind direction, perfect for the seafaring Vikings. Among the finds are walrus-tusk ivory from the north for the royal courts of the Continent, and soapstone containers from the Roman Empire on their way to wealthy households in Sweden and Denmark. In the 900s trading activities moved gradually to Toensberg farther north-east in Vestfold, and Kaupang slid into obscurity. This volume is the first in a series of eight publications on the important Kaupang excavations.
REVIEW: "...this volume offers huge insights on an especially rich region in the Viking Age and as such is a majestic contribution to the study of urbanism in this period." -- Richard Hodges, Journal of Medieval Archaeology, Volume 51, November 2007. "In this study of Kaupang, Dagfinn Skre has given us a master-class in how to approach, research and publish a site of international archaeological significance. ... [the book] is that rare thing: an approachable and enjoyable excavation report, which also makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Viking Age. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of urbanism and the Viking Age for many years to come." -- Olwyn Owen (Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland), Antiquity, June 2008.
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502pp,
220x290mm,
March 2007;
HB,
£39.95,
8779342590:9788779342590
, Aarhus University Press
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KRIEGSKUNST UND KANONEN (THE ART OF WAR & CANONS), 2 VOLUME SET
: Das Büchsenmeister- und Kriegsbuch des Johannes Bengedans
[Edited & translated by Hans Blosen & Rikke Agnete Olsen]
Text in German and Danish. A magnificent edition of Johannes Bengedans' handbook from ca 1450 on the techniques of war. It deals with canons and gunpowder, as well as war against castle and fortress and an attacking army. It is illustrated with splendid drawings by the author himself. He was a German craftsman/engineer who was employed by the Master of the Teutonic Knights and by King Christopher of Bavaria and Denmark. The text is translated into Danish and modern German, and language, chemistry, measurements and weights, the weapons of war and the historic connection are thoroughly explained. The book will therefore appeal to a broad public.
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437pp,
245x330mm,
September 2006;
HB,
£37.95,
8779341624:9788779341623
, Aarhus University Press
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ROMAN-ALPHABET INSCRIPTIONS OF MEDIEVAL TRONDHEIM, VOLUMES 1 & 2
[Martin Syrett]
This book provides a full account of medieval inscriptions in the Roman alphabet from the city of Trondheim. Some 119 such inscriptions are currently preserved from the town, spanning a period from about 1150 to 1520; they are found on the wall of medieval churches, on various kinds of loose artefacts, and above all on gravestones. Less attention has been paid to medieval Roman epigraphy in Norway than to runic inscriptions, but the corpus from Trondheim reveals many areas worthy of study. The ideas, influences, and modes of expression inherent in the actual texts reflect a further aspect of the Christianisation of Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, and the cultural influences at work in the period can also be identified in the art-styles and iconography of the decoration that is often found alongside. Attitudes towards religion, death, and social standing can be identified as well as the avenues through which ideas flowed into medieval Norway and fused into a distinctive local monumental tradition. The major part of the book consists of a presentation of the various inscriptions with text, translation, and discussion of points of linguistic and historical interest; this is accompanied by a full photographic record of the material along with an introduction which attempts to bring together the most significant themes and problems inherent in it.
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588pp,
180x260mm,
October 2002;
PB,
£37.50,
8251917891:9788251917896
, Tapir Academic Press
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TÅRNBY
: Gård og landsby gennem 1000 år
[Mette Svart Kristiansen (ed)]
Summary and captions in English. With contributions by Inge Bødker Enghoff, Eliza Fonnesbech-Sandberg, Karsten Gabrielsen, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Jan Andreas Harild, Jørgen Steen Jensen, Arne Jouttijärvi, Mette Svart Kristiansen, Jette Linaa Larsen, Grith Lerche, Ole Magnus, Ditlev L Mahler, Hanne Marie Myrhøj, David Earle Robinson, Thomas Roland and Søren Vadstrup.
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576pp,
December 2006;
HB,
£38.95,
8788415376:9788788415377
, Aarhus University Press
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VIKINGS IN EUROPE
[Iben Skibsted Klæsøe (ed)]
The European coastal areas and the lands around the rivers had great importance for the local populations but also for the Vikings, who settled in military strategic places and defended themselves -- often against other intruding Vikings. Rollo, the son of a Scandinavian noble, was first married to a Frankish princess and then given Normandy as a fief in 911 to keep the Vikings out of the Frankish Empire. This turned out a success and eventually the raids ceased. Far later exquisite silver and ivory objects were gifted to churches and cathedrals - probably as gifts from Scandinavian royalty. Presented here is a collection of articles focusing on the Vikings and their presence on the West European continent. The articles are re-written from talks originally given at a conference at the University of Copenhagen. They are all written by international archaeological scientists.
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170pp,
October 2008;
HB,
£30.00,
8763505312:9788763505314
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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VIKINGS IN THE ISLE OF MAN
[David M Wilson]
The Isle of Man provides a microcosm of Viking settlement in the West. Set in the northern part of the Irish Sea, it was a major player in the economic and political life of this Norse region from the beginning of the tenth century until the end of the Scandinavian overlordship of the Hebrides and Man in the middle of the thirteenth century. This book presents, for the first time, for both specialist and general reader, a major survey of the Island in the period from the early tenth century to the middle of the eleventh century. The rich archaeological material -- pagan grave-goods, silver-treasures, headland fortifications, farm-sites, inscribed and carved Christian memorial stones -- and the wealth of evidence provided by runic inscriptions, place-names and institutions, provide a unique picture of a vibrant society striving to be ever more politically and economically powerful. The story tells of the gradual change from paganism to Christianity and of the absorption of a native population into a society dominated by incoming land-owners and a king owing allegiance to Norway.
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155pp,
175x250mm,
May 2008;
PB,
£15.00,
8779343708:9788779343702
, Aarhus University Press
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VIKINGS ON THE WEST EUROPEAN CONTINENT
For over 300 years the Vikings caused terror along the West European coasts. But what do we really know about these people who, according to the written sources, stayed in military camps during the winter and ravaged and plundered? A compilation of all the Viking related objects found in Europe is now published for the first time. They offer a far more varied picture of the Vikings, who even back then had developed a taste for French wine. Even if the traces are sparse it is not only swords and spears that turn up, but also fine jewellery and personal belongings made of even silver and gold. From a few churches and cathedrals are seen items of splendour connected to later Scandinavian royal families.
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230pp,
June 2009;
HB,
£30.00,
8763505304:9788763505307
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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WOVEN INTO THE EARTH
: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland
[Else Ostergaard]
One of the century's most spectacular archaeological finds occurred in 1921 -- a year before Howard Carter stumbled upon Tutankhamun's tomb -- when Poul Norlund recovered dozens of garments from a graveyard in the Norse settlement of Herjolfsnaes, Greenland. Preserved intact for centuries by the permafrost, these mediaeval garments display remarkable similarities to western European costumes of the time. Previously, such costumes were known only from contemporary illustrations, and the Greenland finds provided the world with a close look at how ordinary Europeans dressed in the Middle Ages. Fortunately for Norlund's team, wood has always been extremely scarce in Greenland, and instead of caskets, many of the bodies were found swaddled in multiple layers of cast-off clothing. Eighty years of technical advances and subsequent excavations have greatly added to our understanding of the Herjolfsnaes discoveries. In Woven into the Earth Else Ostergard recounts the dramatic story of Norlund's excavation in the context of other Norse textile finds in Greenland. She describes what the finds tell us about the materials and methods used in making the clothes. The weaving and sewing techniques detailed here are surprisingly sophisticated, and one can only admire the talent of the women who employed them, especially considering the harsh conditions they worked under. While Woven into the Earth will be invaluable to students of medieval archaeology, Norse society and textile history, both lay readers and scholars are sure to find the book's dig narratives and glimpses of life among "the last Vikings" fascinating.
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256pp,
November 2004;
HB,
£29.95,
8772889357:9788772889351
, Aarhus University Press
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ART & ALCHEMY
[Jacob Wamberg (ed)]
This collection of articles covering the time span from the Late Middle Ages to the twentieth century intends to challenge the current neglect of the interplay between esoteric knowledge and the visual arts. 'Art and Alchemy' indicates that alchemy indeed has several connections with art by examining some of the pictorial and literary books that disseminated alchemical symbols and ideas, delving into images, which in one way or another can be shown to appropriate and interpret alchemical ideas or environments, and expanding the scope of alchemical imagery by indicating structural affinities between alchemical processes and artistic creation.
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297pp,
150x230mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£30.00,
8763502674:9788763502672
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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CHRISTINA PSALTER
: A Study of the Images & Texts in a French Early Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscript
[Marina Vidas]
This book is the first detailed analysis of an exquisitely illuminated thirteenth-century Parisian manuscript (The Royal Library, Copenhagen) which was owned by Christina of Norway (1234-1262), daughter of Håkon IV and wife of Philip of Castile and León. New information is provided about the Psalter’s medieval and later components, its liturgical and other functions, missing illuminations and texts, as well as its provenance and date. Furthermore, the stylistic and iconographic similarities between the Psalter and some of the most important manuscripts illuminated in Paris in the Period, like the three-volume Moralised Bibles, are discussed. Suggestions also are made about the meanings the texts and images might have had for their intended audience.
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154pp,
180x260mm,
February 2006;
HB,
£25.00,
8763501279:9788763501279
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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DECORATING THE LORD'S TABLE
: On the Dynamics Between Image & Altar in the Middle Ages
[Søren Kaspersen & Erik Thunø (eds)]
As the centre of Christian worship within churches, the altar has always remained a key subject to pictorial decorations. This book is concerned with the Early and High Middle Ages which saw a profusion of sumptuous altar decorations all over Medieval Europe focusing on the rich Scandinavian material of 'golden altars'. Dealing with the investigation of the interrelationships between image and altar in the light of recent years' methodological developments the chapters are also treating themes like the human body, materiality, pictorial narrative, and liturgy. In this context, it focuses on the attempt to activate the image before the ritual, its audience and the visual and spatial context.
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170pp,
160x240mm,
August 2006;
HB,
£25.00,
8763501333:9788763501330
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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IMAGES OF CULT & DEVOTION
: Function & Reception of Christian Images in Medieval & Post-Medieval Europe
[Søren Kaspersen & Ulla Haastrup (eds)]
In the later decades, art historical writing has focused strongly on the use and reception of images. The articles of this publication are devoted to two crucial concepts or functions of Christian images in the Middle Ages and post-Reformation period: the image of cult and the image of devotion (‘Andachtsbild'). The 16 contributors present and discuss visual art and the receptions and functions of pictures in the West (and East) European area from Late Antiquity to the 18th century. Furthermore, they bring into focus a rich Nordic material, which until now has been almost unknown in the international context. The articles are written in English and German. Contributors: Åke Andrén, Henrik von Archen, Martin Blindheim, F.O. Büttner, Peter Dinzelbacher, Helena Edgren, Jens Fleischer, Signe Horn Fuglsang, Poul Grinder-Hansen, Ulla Hastrup, Søren Kaspersen, Ingalill Pegelow, Kees van der Ploeg, Hanne Kolind Poulsen and Aina Trotzig.
{
330pp,
210x255mm,
November 2003;
HB,
£37.50,
8772899034:9788772899039
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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BOLIG OG FAMILIE I DANMARKS MIDDELALDER
[Else Roesdahl]
Text in Danish.
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306pp,
May 2006;
PB,
£21.95,
8788415228:9788788415223
, Aarhus University Press
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CUNNING FOLK & FAMILIAR SPIRITS
: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft & Magic
[Emma Wilby]
This book contains the first comprehensive examination of popular familiar belief in early modern Britain. It provides an in-depth analysis of the correlation between early modern British magic and tribal shamanism, examines the experiential dimension of popular magic and witchcraft in early modern Britain, and explores the links between British fairy beliefs and witch beliefs. In the hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials in early modern Britain there are detailed descriptions of intimate working relationships between popular magical practitioners and familiar spirits of either human or animal form. Until recently historians often dismissed these descriptions as elaborate fictions created by judicial interrogators eager to find evidence of stereotypical pacts with the Devil. Although this paradigm is now routinely questioned, and most historians acknowledge that there was a folkloric component to familiar lore in the period, these beliefs, and the experiences reportedly associated with them, remain substantially unexplored. This book examines the folkloric roots of familiar lore from historical, anthropological and comparative religious perspectives. It argues that beliefs about witches’ familiars were rooted in beliefs surrounding the use of fairy familiars by beneficent magical practitioners or ‘cunning folk’, and corroborates this through a comparative analysis of familiar beliefs found in traditional Native American and Siberian shamanism. The author explores the experiential dimension of familiar lore by drawing parallels between early modern familiar encounters and visionary mysticism as it appears in both tribal shamanism and medieval European contemplative traditions. These perspectives challenge the reductionist view of popular magic in early modern Britain often presented by historians.
REVIEW: "Magic and witchcraft have between them represented one of the most difficult and challenging subjects for modern historians. Emma Wilby's book is a remarkably interesting, timely and novel way of looking at them, and one of the most courageous yet attempted." -- Professor Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol. "Emma Wilby's conclusions and her explanation of how she drew them, laid down here in the commendable modern academic tendency towards plain English that has moved away from the previous generation's overly complex sentence structure, is worth its weight in gold." Ian Read in Runa Magazine, Issue 19, October 2006. "...one of the few books to treat in any detail, and perhaps the only one to treat at length, the topic of the witch's familiar ... these kinds of consideration are very fruitful for understanding much fortean material ... 8/10" -- Fortean Times, July 2006. "This is the definitive study of familiar lore, which should find a place on every Witch's bookshelf." -- Witchcraft and Wicca Magazine, Imbolc/Winter 2007. "...valuably sets the ground for further exploration of the role and character of folk magic within community and tradition and is to be recommeded for that." -- Northern Earth Issue 105. "...a powerful, grounding work for all modern magical practicioners of British magical tradition." -- Pagan Times Australia, Spring 2006. "...fascinating and well-researched. It is a genuine contribution to what is known about cunning folk and lays very solid foundations for future work on the subject. Buy it today!" -- White Dragon, Beltane 2006. "...riveting and downright encouraging review of the magical underpinning of mainstream culture." -- Sacred Hoop, Issue 51, 2006.
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317pp,
152x229mm,
November 2005;
HB,
£15.95,
1845190785:9781845190781
, Sussex Academic Press
} |
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DEVELOPMENT OF FLATEYJARBÓK, ICELAND & THE NORWEGIAN DYNASTIC CRISIS OF 1389
[Elizabeth Ashman Rowe]
Flateyjarbók is the name given to 'GKS 1005 fol.', a manuscript now housed at the Árni Magnússon Institute (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi) in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the largest of the extant medieval Icelandic manuscripts and is beautifully illuminated with historical initials. In its original form it contained 202 leaves, with the text laid out in two columns to the page. It is so well preserved that not a single leaf is missing and each word is still legible. The manuscript was commissioned by Jón Hákonarson (1350-1416), a wealthy farmer living at Víðidalstunga in the northern Iceland, and it was written in the area, most likely at Víðidalstunga or at the nearby monastery of þingeyrar.
{
486pp,
December 2005;
HB,
£27.10,
8778389275:9788778389275
, University Press of Southern Denmark
} |
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FEUD IN MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN EUROPE
[Bjørn Poulsen & Jeppe B Netterström (eds)]
We tend to think of a feud as being a long established state of hostilities, especially between families or clans, which normally manifests itself in revengeful violence. One of the articles in this volume thus states: "What began as a dispute over the property rights of a woman to whom both parties were related quickly mutated into a violent clash between men, in which honour and reputation were at stake -- and from here to a full-blown feud the distance was rather short". However, the studies of feuds presented in this publication leave no doubt that they were very different in different societies. The phenomenon of feud turns out to be intimately connected with developments in society and state. Consequently, in recent years a growing interest has been aroused in further researching the topic and the aim of this book is therefore to present some of the principal positions of this new research. Contributions by leading scholars in the field cover a large span of years, from the classic Icelandic feuds of the Sagas to more recent Early-Modern incidents. One contribution even takes us back to the roots of mankind, but the focus of the book is mainly on the Medieval and Early-Modern period. The volume is opened with a comprehensive introduction to the field, followed by a chapter that seeks general definitions. Hereafter, we are presented with specific cases of Icelandic women from the Sagas who promote feuds, studies of feuds in 14th century Marseilles, Italian Medieval vendettas, and feuding in Medieval Germany and Denmark.
{
206pp,
155x240mm,
November 2007;
HB,
£17.30,
8779341586:9788779341586
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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GENRE & RITUAL
: The Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals
[Nils Holger Petersen, Mette Birkedal Bruun, Jens Fleischer & Eyolf Østrem (eds)]
The concepts of genre and ritual are central for the overall occupation with the relationship between the History of the Arts and the History of Christianity in Western Culture. The present volume was planned on the basis of the first annual international conferences at the Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals, University of Copenhagen: a collection of 15 essays with a wide range of topics both in terms of chronology and subject matter written. The book is a special issue of the journal TRANSfiguration.
{
336pp,
155x230mm,
September 2005;
PB,
£30.00,
8763502410:9788763502412
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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HISTORIA NORWEGIE
[Inger Ekrem & Lars Boje Mortensen (eds)]
The fragmentary medieval chronicle, Historia Norwegie, is the oldest piece of historical writing from Norway, and probably our first specimen of Norwegian literature. It was composed in Latin in the second half of the twelfth century, perhaps in the Oslo area. We only possess the beginning of the work, but it offers, among other things, a detailed report of a shamanic séance among the Sami as well as a unique early geographical description of Norway and the North Sea realm. Furthermore we are presented with an early version of the Norwegian kings' genealogy, beginning with the mythical Yngling kings and ending, abruptly, with Olav Haraldsson's claim to the throne in 1015. This is the first critical edition of the Latin text since 1880, accompanied by a new English translation by Peter Fisher. The introduction and full commentary in English takes stock of previous scholarship and makes new contributions to the interpretation of the text.
{
245pp,
155x230mm,
February 2003;
HB,
£23.00,
8772898135:9788772898131
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND
: Crusading Theology in the Historia de Profectione Danorum in Hierosolyman (c. 1200)
[Karen Skovgaard-Petersen]
Towards the end of the 1190s a Norwegian canon -- his name is unknown -- composed a dramatic account of the Danish-Norwegian expedition drawing upon a series of literary and theological themes used in connection with crusading in the twelfth century.
{
84pp,
150x220mm,
January 2001;
PB,
£14.00,
8772897147:9788772897141
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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MAKING OF CHRISTIAN MYTHS IN THE PHERIPHERY OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM, CA1000-1300
[Lars Boje Mortensen]
'Mythology’ is usually reserved for non-Christian religions. However, the adoption of Christianity in Northern and East-Central Europe between c. 1000 and 1300 can be adequately described as a myth-making process: local saints were added to the Christian pantheon in all regions entering Latin Europe. The present collection explores the links between local sanctity and the making of national myths in medieval historical writing. By bringing together specialists in history and literature of the European periphery in question, the case is made that the writing of history and saints’ lives from this pioneering period should been analysed together as -- mainly successful -- attempts at creating cultural foundation myths. The book is based on a conference held in Bergen in November 2003 on ’Historiography and the Holy’ and forms part of the research programme at the interdisciplinary Centre of Medieval Studies (CMS) at the University of Bergen.
{
348pp,
155x230mm,
April 2006;
HB,
£32.00,
8763504073:9788763504072
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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TRADE, TRUST, & NETWORKS
: Commercial Cultures in Late Medieval Italy
[Gunnar Dahl]
This book explores the world of Italian merchants during the period 1300-1500, the medieval businessmen.
{
355pp,
155x230mm,
January 1998;
HB,
£39.95,
9189116054:9789189116054
, Nordic Academic Press
} |
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ASPECTS OF SUBJECTIVITY
: Society & Individuality from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare & Milton
[Anthony Low]
This book focuses on representative literary works that illustrate turns in the history of individuality and subjectivity and the changes in ones relations with community and society. In conjunction with The Wanderer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman, The Faerie Queene, Hamlet and Paradise Lost, Low considers pertinent historical beliefs, attitudes, and practices including: the experience of loneliness and exile; the development of sacramental confession from communal reconciliation to personal absolution from sin; the abolition of Purgatory and the traditional Christian solidarity with the ancestral dead; the role of conscience in the development of self; and the rise in Shakespeare and Milton of a typically modern sense of autonomous individuality and subjectivity.
{
275pp,
155x230mm,
January 2003;
HB,
£39.99,
0820703370:9780820703374
, Duquesne University Press
} |
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BEOWULF
: A New Translation for Oral Delivery
[Translated by Dick Ringler]
This new translation of 'Beowulf' captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. The resulting text provides an approximation of the acoustic features -- and power -- of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. This edition also includes a substantial Introduction and translations of three shorter Old English poems that shed light on 'Beowulf'.
{
188pp,
140x215mm,
October 2007;
PB,
£6.95,
0872208931:9780872208933
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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CANTERBURY TALES IN MODERN VERSE
[Geoffrey Chaucer; Translated by Joe Glaser]
This daring new translation of 21 of the tales, most of them rendered in iambic tetrameter, conveys the content, tone, and narrative style of the original in a line as expressive as it is economical. An Introduction treats Chaucer's works, influences, life, learning, and the world of 14th-century London. Includes a glossary.
{
348pp,
155x230mm,
April 2005;
PB,
£6.95,
0872207544:9780872207547
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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CHAOS & LOVE
: The Philosophy of the Icelandic Family Sagas
[Thomas Bredsdorff]
The Icelandic Family Sagas -- major medieval prose epics such as Egil's Saga, Laxdaela Saga, Njal's Saga, Hrafnkel's Saga -- present detailed sophisticated images of a society in which man acts and suffers the consequences of his actions -- or have them visited upon others. Feuds rage and disaster triumphs. The book introduces the reader to a number of such narratives, studies the notions of guilt and causes embedded in them, and, as a result of the study, suggests that reckless erotic desire, is often at the root of the evil. When love is practised within the boundaries set by family and tradition, peace prevails. When love is pursued as a means of individual satisfaction, regardless of the views of others, disaster prevails. The rules of society, notably the rules of feud, designed to balance competing forces, tend rather to aggravate the disasters, sometimes, as in Laxdaela and Njala, to the extent that only Christian divine grace can restore the peace.
{
156pp,
165x245mm,
November 2001;
HB,
£20.00,
8772895705:9788772895703
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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COMEDIES OF MACHIAVELLI
: The Woman from Andros; The Mandrake; Clizia (Bilingual Edition)
[Niccolo Machiavelli; Edited & translated by David Sices & James B Atkinson]
This volume of sparkling translations -- 'The Woman From Andros', Machiavelli's version of Terence's classic comedy; 'The Mandrake', the earliest and perhaps greatest Italian theatrical classic of all; and 'Clizia', a work inspired by Plautus' 'Casin' -- brings to life in English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century.
{
408pp,
140x215mm,
October 2007;
PB,
£12.95,
0872209016:9780872209015
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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LETTERS & OTHER WRITINGS
: Selected Songs & Poems Translated by Stanley Lombardo & by Barbara Thorburn
[Abelard & Heloise; Translated, with Introduction by William Levitan]
A new translation of the complete correspondence of Abelard and Heloise, this volume also includes a new translation of The Calamities of Abelard, of the letters of Heloise and Peter the Venerable, and of selected songs, hymns, and laments of Abelard. Among the verse selections are translations by Stanley Lombardo and a translation by Barbara Thorburn of a recently discovered 'shaped' poem. A chronology, map, and index are also included.
{
356pp,
140x215mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£9.95,
0872208753:9780872208759
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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MIDDLE ENGLISH POETRY IN MODERN VERSE
[Translated & Edited by Joseph Glaser]
This rich and lively anthology offers a broad selection of Middle English poetry from about 1200 to 1500 C.E., including more than 150 secular and religious lyrics and nine complete or extracted longer works, all translated into Modern English verse that closely resembles the original forms. Five complete satires and narratives illustrate important conventions of the period: Athelston, a historical romance; The Cock and the Fox, a beast fable by Robert Henryson; Sir Orfeo, a Breton lai; Saint Erkenwald, an alliterative saint’s life; and The Land of Cockayne, a fantasy. The book concludes with substantial excerpts from longer narratives such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis. The poems are accompanied by introductions, notes, marginal glosses, source notes, and appendixes, including a bibliography and a list to help readers locate the lyrics in current original-language editions.
{
230pp,
140x215mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£9.95,
0872208796:9780872208797
/
HB,
£50.00,
8779342884:9788779342880
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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ORAL ART FORMS & THEIR PASSAGE INTO WRITING
[Else Mundal & Jonas Wellendorf (eds)]
What happens when oral texts are removed from their original medium and written down? This collection examines the complex interrelationship between the oral and the written and the problems of textualisation. Taking their point of departure in the theories of orality and literalisation as well as the preserved texts and their transmission the individual contributors, experts from the fields of Old Norse, Old English, Latin and Homeric studies as well as from later Serbian and Norwegian folklore, set out to explore the commonalities and differences in the process of literalisation.
{
241pp,
155x230mm,
January 2008;
HB,
£30.00,
8763505045:9788763505048
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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RECEPTION OF PLUTARCH'S 'LIVES' IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY
: Two-Volume Set
[Marianne Pade]
Plutarch's Lives of great Greek and Roman public figures are among the central texts of European culture. Like most Greek authors Plutarch had been unknown in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, but when Renaissance humanists rekindled interest in Greek language and culture, he became one of the most widely read authors of the period. These two volumes show how Plutarch came to influence fifteenth-century Italian culture and how the overwhelming interest in the Lives can be explained by studying the way Classical Antiquity was used for ideological purposes in Renaissance Italy.
{
752pp,
175x250mm,
August 2007;
HB,
£50.00,
8763505320:9788763505321
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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GREGORIAN CHANT & MEDIEVAL MUSIC
: Proceedings from The Nordic Festival & Conference of Georgian Chant, Trondheim, St. Olavs Wake 1997
[Audun Dybdahl, Ola Kai Ledang & Nils Holger Petersen (eds)]
Proceedings from The Nordic Festival and Conference of Gregorian Chant.
{
159pp,
180x260mm,
January 1998;
PB,
£16.95,
8251913063:9788251913065
, Tapir Academic Press
} |
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NIDAROS OFFICE OF THE HOLY BLOOD
: Liturgical Music in Medieval Norway
[Gisela Attinger & Andreas Haug (eds)]
When looking at Nidaros -- or Trondheim as the city is now called -- from the perspective of music history, it was a hub of activity on the edge of medieval Europe. Being the seat of the Norwegian archbishop from the middle of the twelfth century until the Reformation in 1537, it played an important role as an administrative and cultural centre not just in Norway but throughout the extensive archbishopric. As elsewhere, the musical practice of the cathedral was determined by the reception of the Roman Chant, and the transition from a passive to an active, productive, chant reception can be seen in the musical compilations that have likely been produced by this centre. One of them is the music for a local cult of a relic of the Holy Blood, seemingly the oldest one of which the music has been preserved, is the object of the present study. It includes a facsimile of the only known course of the Office, an edition of the texts and melodies, a translation of the Latin texts, and commentaries and essays on the liturgical importance and the historical background of the Office as well as the liturgical importance and the historical background of the Office as well as the building history of the church in which it was sung during the Middle Ages.
{
216pp,
170x240mm,
December 2004;
PB,
£12.00,
8251920086:9788251920087
, Tapir Academic Press
} |
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OFFERTORY & ITS VERSES
: Research, Past, Present & Future
[Roman Hankeln (ed)]
Proceedings of an International Symposium at the Centre for Medieval Studies, Trondheim, 25 and 26 September 2004. In the melodies of the Gregorian offertories the art of the solo singers in the medieval church reached its highpoint. As if to confirm this position of superiority, a distinct revival of interest in the offertory has been noticeable from the 19th century onwards, not only on the field of scholarly research but also in practical musical performances. The musical style of the Gregorian offertory inspires description in superlatives. Chant handbooks have always been unanimous about its climactic (but also exceptional) status because of its enormous length, its practically non-formulaic melodic elaboration, its high range -- often exceeding the limits of medieval modal theory -- its occasional chromaticism and its highly exceptional treatment of the text. All these features are extremely rare in other chants of the Roman Mass. In many ways the state of today's research stands in sharp contrast to the importance of the topic for our understanding of medieval musical culture. In the autumn of 2004, therefore, a symposium at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Archbishop's Palace, Trondheim, brought together Chant scholars and a Latin philologist from the USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway to pool present knowledge in this area and to discuss methods and ideas for future research. Wellknown experts in the field of the offertory, also associated with the study group CANTUS PLANUS of the International Musicological Society, the participants form a sort of international offertory-network, having determined the direction of research in this area during the last fifty years. Research on offertories reflects the main challenges to modern musicology and philology, from heuristic problems of the many hundred medieval sources to intricate questions of the interpretation of style, function and Rezeptionsgeschichte as well. Furthermore, as with every Gregorian chant genre, the study of the offertory provides insights not only into the musical history but also the cultural history of Western society.
{
181pp,
155x230mm,
March 2007;
HB,
£29.50,
8251922046:9788251922043
, Tapir Academic Press
} |
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SEQUENCES OF NIDAROS
: A Nordic Repertory & Its European Context
[Lori Kruckenberg & Andreas Haug (eds)]
The sequence was one of the most important types of music of the Middle Ages. Performed during the mass and sung throughout the churches of medieval Europe, the Latin poetry of this new compositional genre distinguished itself from what is commonly called 'Gregorian chant'. The sequences of the medieval Cathedral of Nidaros and its vast archdiocese comprise a song repertoire remarkable for its sheer size, chronological comprehensiveness, and stylistic diversity. The current volume presents eleven studies on this musical tradition, and the authors, using a wide range of perspectives and approaches -- paleographical, codicological, repertorial, textual, musical, and exegetical -- place this Nordic practice in its broader European context. This book is more than a study of a regional tradition of a single genre: it instead touches on topics and methodologies fundamental to contemporary research on chant.
{
422pp,
180x260mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£29.50,
8251921058:9788251921053
, Tapir Academic Press
} |
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BASIC WRITINGS OF ST THOMAS AQUINAS, 2-VOLUME SET
[Anton C Pegis (ed)]
The two volumes that comprise this set may also be purchased separately: please see their individual listings. Includes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica and substantial selections from the Second Part and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis' revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St Thomas within that setting.
{
145x215mm,
January 1997;
PB,
£57.00,
0872203840:9780872203846
, Hackett Publishing
} |
 |
BOOK OF DOCTRINES & BELIEFS
[Saadya Gaon]
Saadya ben Joseph al-Fayyumi (882-942), gaon (head) of the rabbinic academy at Sura and one of the pre-eminent Jewish thinkers of the medieval period, attempted to create a complete statement of Jewish religious philosophy in which all strands of philosophical thought were to be knit into a unified system. In 'The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs', Saadya sought to rescue believers from 'a sea of doubt and the waters of confusion' into which they had been cast by Christianity, Islam, and other faiths. By employing philosophical -- or kalamic -- argumentation to examine and defend traditional Jewish beliefs, Saadya hoped to turn blind faith into conviction based on rational understanding. First published in 1946, and reprinted here without alteration, Alexander Altmann's judicious abridgement of his own translation has remained the standard edition of this influential work. A new Introduction by Daniel Frank sets Saadya's work in its broader historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts.
{
194pp,
140x215mm,
September 2002;
PB,
£9.95,
0872206394:9780872206397
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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CARDINAL VIRTUES
: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, & Temperance
[Thomas Aquinas; Translated & Edited, with Introduction, by Richard J Regan SJ]
This newly translated and streamlined compilation of the texts on prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance from the Summa Theologica II-II follows the question-and-answer format of the original while omitting almost all appeals to authority. Minor objections and replies have also been omitted. A general Introduction to the moral thought of Thomas Aquinas, introductory notes on the texts, an extensive glossary of key terms, and a selective bibliography supplement the texts.
{
172pp,
140x215mm,
October 2005;
PB,
£7.95,
0872207455:9780872207455
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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CLASSICA ET MEDIAEVALIA, VOLUME 57
: Revue Danoise de Philologie et d'Histoire
[Jesper Carlsen, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Vincent Gabrielsen, Marianne Pade, Minna Skafte Jensen, Birger Munk Olsen & Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen (eds)]
Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical, published annually, with articles written by Danish and International scholars. The articles are mainly written in English, but also in French and German. The periodical deals from a philological point of view with Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law and philosophy and the medieval ecclesiastic history. It covers the period from the Greco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.
{
281pp,
155x230mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£40.00,
8763505126:9788763505123
, Museum Tusculanum Press
} |
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CONFESSIONS, 2ND EDITION
[Augustine; Translated by F J Sheed; Introduction by Peter Brown; Notes by Michael Foley]
The second Hackett edition of the Sheed translation, a classic in its own right, offers a wealth of notes on philosophical, theological, historical, and liturgical issues raised by the Confessions, as well as paragraph numbers of the Latin critical edition, and a thorough index.
{
345pp,
155x230mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£6.95,
0872208168:9780872208162
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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ESSENTIAL AUGUSTINE
[Augustine; Edited by Vernon J Bourke]
{
268pp,
January 1974;
PB,
£7.95,
0915144077:9780915144075
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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ETHICAL WRITINGS
[Peter Abelard]
Abelard's major ethical writings -- Ethics, or 'Know Yourself', and Dialogue between a philosopher, a Jew and a Christian, are presented here in a student edition including cross-references, explanatory notes, a full table of references, bibliography, and index.
REVIEW: "The best translation of these two treatises available in any language: accurate, lively, and readable..." -- Peter King, The Ohio State University.
{
208pp,
140x220mm,
November 1995;
PB,
£8.50,
0872203220:9780872203228
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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FIVE TEXTS ON THE MEDIAEVAL PROBLEM OF UNIVERSALS
: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham
[Translated by Paul Spade]
New translations of the central medieval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in medieval philosophy, history of medieval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography.
{
320pp,
150x210mm,
March 1994;
PB,
£12.95,
0872202496:9780872202498
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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JOURNEY OF THE MIND TO GOD
[Bonaventure; Translated by Philotheus Boehner]
REVIEW: "This is an exceptionally good translation with a wonderful Introduction..." -- Mary Sirridge, Louisiana State University.
{
96pp,
215x215mm,
November 1993;
PB,
£5.95,
0872202003:9780872202009
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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ON THE INNER LIFE OF THE MIND
[Augustine]
Part anthology of Augustine's writings, and part commentary on those writings, Augustine, On the Inner Life of the Mind features substantial selections from such major works as On the Trinity, the Confessions, The City of God, and On Freedom of the Will, as well as selections from lesser known works, all brilliantly knit together and illuminated by philosopher Robert Meagher.
{
315pp,
135x215mm,
December 1998;
PB,
£9.95,
0872204448:9780872204447
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS
[William of Ockham; Translated & Edited by Philotheus Boehner O F M]
This volume contains selections of Ockham's philosophical writings which give a balanced introductory view of his work in logic, metaphysics, and ethics. This edition includes textual markings referring readers to appendices containing changes in the Latin text and alterations found in the English translation that have been made necessary by the critical edition of Ockham's work published after Boehner prepared the original text. The updated bibliography includes the most important scholarship produced since publication of the original edition.
{
315pp,
January 1990;
PB,
£12.95,
0872200787:9780872200784
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
: The Christian, Islamic, & Jewish traditions
[Arthur Hyman & James J Walsh (eds)]
{
815pp,
160x235mm,
January 1983;
PB,
£22.95,
0915145804:9780915145805
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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PREDESTINATION, GOD'S FOREKNOWLEDGE, & FUTURE CONTINGENTS, 2ND EDITION
[William of Ockham; Translated by Marilyn McCord Adams & Norman Kretzmann]
{
148pp,
January 1983;
PB,
£7.95,
0915144131:9780915144136
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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PRINCE
[Niccolo Machiavelli; Translated, with Introduction, by David Wootton]
Notes, a 2-page map, an index, and an altogether remarkable Introduction by David Wootton, make this edition an ideal encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.
REVIEW: "This is an excellent, readable and vigorous translation of The Prince, but it is much more than simply a translation. The map, notes and guide to further reading are crisp, to-the-point and yet nicely comprehensive. The inclusion of the letter to Vettori is most welcome. But, above all, the Introduction is so gripping and lively that it has convinced me to include 'The Prince' in my syllabus for History of Western Civilization the next time that I teach it... Great price, too! And lovely printing and layout." -- Rachel Fulton, University of Chicago. "...lively and readable and makes the pithy, bracing, and forceful aspects of Machiavelli's thought accessible to nonspecialists." -- Michael C. Downs, Indiana University. "The best edition of The Prince that I have ever read. Wooton's translation is lively and easy to read, and his introduction is provocative and engaging." -- Angelo Louisa, University of Nebraska, Omaha. "...readable text in vigorous prose. I have not read a translation of The Prince into English that is more lively..." -- J H Hexter, Washington University.
{
128pp,
April 1995;
PB,
£3.95,
0872203166:9780872203167
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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READINGS IN MEDIEVAL POLITICAL THEORY, 1100-1400
[Cary Nederman & Kate Langdon Forhan (eds)]
This anthology includes writings of both well-known theorists such as Thomas Aquinas and John of Salisbury as well as those lesser known, including Christine de Pisan and Marie de France, and will be of value to students of the history of political theory as well as those of medieval intellectual history.
{
272pp,
150x210mm,
December 2000;
PB,
£14.95,
087220488X:9780872204881
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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SELECTED POLITICAL WRITINGS
: The Prince, Selections from The Discourses, Letter to Vettori
[Machiavelli; Edited & Translated by David Wootton]
Here are The Prince and the most important Discourses, newly translated into spare, vivid English by one of the most gifted historians of his generation. Why a new translation? "Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations", says David Wootton in his Introduction. "In the pages that follow I have done my best to let him speak in his own voice." (And indeed, Wootton's Machiavelli literally does so when the occasion demands: Renderings of that most problematic of words, virtù, are in each instance followed by the Italian). Notes, a map, and an altogether remarkable Introduction, no less authoritative for being grippingly readable, help make this edition an ideal first encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.
{
222pp,
135x215mm,
November 1994;
PB,
£7.95,
087220247X:9780872202474
, Hackett Publishing
} |
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THREE PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES
: On Truth, On Freedom of Choice, On the Fall of the Devil
[Anselm; Translated by Thomas Williams]
In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationship between freedom and sin-its linchpin his definition of freedom of choice as 'the power to preserve rectitude of will for its own sake'. In doing so, Anselm explores the fascinating implications for God, human beings, and angels (good and bad) of his conclusion that freedom of choice neither is nor entails the power to sin. In addition to an Introduction, notes, and a glossary, Thomas Williams brings to the translation of these important dialogues the same precision and clarity that distinguish his previous translation of Anselm's Proslogion and Monologion, which Professor Paul Spade of Indiana University called 'scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, yet lively and graceful to both the eye and ear'.
{
110pp,
140x215mm,
March 2002;
PB,
£7.95,
0872206114:9780872206113
, Hackett Publishing
} |
