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Showing 1 to 20 of 181 for “"Late medieval"”.
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Death and Commemoration in Late Medieval Wales
… visual art in Wales which has survived from the late medieval period, in comparison with that to be found in many other European countries, this is often neither so commonplace nor so imposing. However, the poetry produced during this period very much reflects the visual material that was …
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Musicians and Commoners in Late Medieval London
This dissertation examines music making in late medieval London (c.1300-c.1550) from the commoners’ perspective, and with this emphasis, does not discuss royal or monastic musical ensembles or music in aristocratic households, nor does it examine the music of St Paul’s Cathedral in detail. This …
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Late medieval authorship and the prophetic tradition
… the emergence of the author function in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, during which writers began to name themselves and their other works in their own texts, this project examines the hitherto ignored role that prophetic self-representation played in the construction of …
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Objects and anxiety in late medieval English writing
In this study I demonstrate that medieval goods were active and often animated participants in the daily lives of medieval individuals. My project demonstrates how, rather than merely giving voice to dead objects, these lively "things" speak about the emotional, sensual, and experiential lives of …
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Madness and Gender in Late-Medieval English Literature
This thesis discusses presentations of madness in medieval literature, and the ways in which these presentations are affected by (and effect) ideas of gender. It includes a discussion of madness as it is commonly presented in classical literature and medical texts, as well as an examination of …
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Representations of Jews in Late Medieval German Literature
… and German versions of the Legenda Aurea. The medieval fable collections, like the hagiographic anthologies, present a diverse image of Jews. While the Avianus and the Anonymous Neveleti collections contain a group of fables whose epimyths presented Jews as venal, they also contain a fable …
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Late Medieval Roof Bosses in the Churches of Devon
Susan Andrew LATE MEDIEVAL ROOF BOSSES IN THE CHURCHES OF DEVON Abstract The extensive survival of late medieval bosses in the roofs of many parish churches in Devon has long been recognised. These carvings escaped the widespread destruction of images during the Reformation through their relative …
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Models of Confession: Penitential Writing in Late Medieval England
<p>This project examines the medieval practice of the sacrament of penance and the innovative ways in which medieval literature engaged with the pastoral project of the Catholic church to provide the penitent with a way to deal with sin. Drawing from medieval literature, religious writing and …
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Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
… throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice. The political structures of Venice and its citizens’ supposedly innate abhorrence of public …
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The Trade of Agricultural Horses in Late Medieval England
This thesis explores how the medieval English economy was supplied with horse power during the period of 1250-1349. The diffusion of horse power is recognised to have been a major factor in the development of the medieval English economy, increasing labour productivity in farming and the efficiency …
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Ironworking in late medieval Ireland, c. AD. 1200 to 1600
The landscape of late medieval Ireland, like most places in Europe, was characterized by intensified agricultural exploitation, the growth and founding of towns and cities and the construction of large stone edifices, such as castles and monasteries. None of these could have taken place without …
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The Experience of Listening to Sermons in Late Medieval England
Traditional scholarship on medieval sermons has approached them as delivered to the laity, rather than as experienced by them. In the well-trodden field of sermon studies, there has been an underlying assumption that the success or popularity of a sermon was chiefly determined by the rhetorical …
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