Forms of Suffering demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer transformed pity into a central ethical and aesthetic concern in English literature by tracing his reformulations of trans-European pity discourses for an English audience. In these reformulations, Chaucer brought to the fore the modes and effects of pity's work in challenging, even overturning, ......
These eleven essays, written by leading experts in the field, focus on norms of canon law, including norms of Romano-canonical procedure in the ius commune, as well as exchanges or cross-influences between different systems of law (e.g., between canon and Roman law, between canon and English common law, or between medieval canon law and early ......
An examination of how church leaders partnered with lay rulers to integrate lands conquered from the Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries
In Constructing Christendom, Thomas W. Barton examines how church leaders partnered with lay rulers to integrate lands ......
Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis was a pivotal figure in 12th-century France, leaving a lasting impact through his multifaceted foles. His dedication to his abbey of Saint-Denis, wise counsel to kings, mediation of church disputes, and involvement in the Crusades solidify his legacy. His letters and charters offer invaluable insights into the ......
Through close examination of ancient, medieval, and modern Lives of the saints, Ann W. Astell demonstrates how the historical transformation of hagiography as a genre correlates with similar changes in biblical studies. Christian hagiography flourished from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries, illuminating the gospel through the overlapping ......
These nine essays, written by leading experts in the field, focus on the production and application of canon law at the local level. This broad themepermits many subjects to be explored: canonical collections produced in a particular locale by key figures in that area; local manuscript copies ofwidespread texts; administrative usages and canonical ......
Trees abound in Shakespeare's plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters' identification with cypress, balsam, bay-laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as metaphors to express emotional distress. Opening new avenues for investigating knowledge of the plant world in early modern literature, Kelley traces the Ovidian ......
Trees abound in Shakespeare's plays, and in Tree-Becoming Shannon Kelley explores how he uses his characters' identification with cypress, balsam, bay-laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as metaphors to express emotional distress. Opening new avenues for investigating knowledge of the plant world in early modern literature, Kelley traces the Ovidian ......