A Cultural History of Objects in the Medieval Age, Julie Lund, Sarah Semple

Автор: Laqueur Thomas W.
Название: The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
ISBN: 0691180938 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691180939
Издательство: Wiley
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The meaning of our concern for mortal remains--from antiquity through the twentieth century

The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters--for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.

The book draws on a vast range of sources--from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed--and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture.

A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.

Автор: Yuniya Kawamura
Название: Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods
ISBN: 1350089761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350089761
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Whether you’re investigating fashion as a material object, an abstract idea, a social phenomenon, or a commercial system, qualitative techniques can further your understanding of almost any research topic. Doing Research in Fashion and Dress begins by guiding you through a brief history of fashion studies, and the debates surrounding it, before introducing key qualitative methodological approaches, including ethnography, semiology, and object-based research. Detailed case studies demonstrate how each methodology is used in practice. These case studies include Japanese subcultures, fashion photography blogs and semiotic studies of fashion magazine shoots and advertisements. This second edition also features a new chapter on internet sources and online ethnography, reflecting the adoption of social media tools not only by industry practitioners but also by academics.By contextualizing history, theory and practice Doing Research in Fashion and Dress offers:-A systematic examination of qualitative research methods in fashion studies in social sciences. -A practical guide for anyone wishing to conduct fashion research in academia or in the business world.-An accessible grounding in contemporary fashion studies literature.

Автор: Southall, Brian
Название: The beatles in 100 objects
ISBN: 1787390969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787390966
Издательство: Carlton Books
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Описание: This unique book focuses on the 100 most important objects in the Beatles` unparalleled career. From the time they were formed with their familiar line-up of John, Paul, George & Ringo in 1962, through to their break-up eight years later, the Beatles were associated with a multitude of items, places and people.

Автор: Krause Stefan
Название: Freydal. Medieval Games. The Book of Tournaments of Emperor Maximilian I
ISBN: 3836576813 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783836576819
Издательство: Taschen
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Описание: Named after Maximilian I`s literary alter ego, Freydal is the largest extant tournament book of the Late Middle Ages, inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World program. This publication from Vienna`s Kunsthistorisches Museum commemorates the 500th anniversary of Maximilian`s death, combining for the first time all 255 gold- and silver-...

Автор: Esposito Gabriele
Название: Armies of the Medieval Italian Wars 1125-1325
ISBN: 1472833406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472833402
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between rival confederacies, which in turn proved to be the catalysts for developments in organisation and tactics.

Italian urban militias became better organised and equipped, the Imperial armies went from being mostly German to multi-national forces, and both sides became reliant on mercenary forces to prosecute their wars. After the 1260s, France, relying mainly on armoured cavalry, and Spain, with their innovative light infantry, vied for control of southern Italy. On the seas, the great naval powers of Genoa, Pisa and Venice became fierce rivals, as they created great trading empires, bringing the treasures of the east into feudal Europe.

Using detailed colour plates, this beautifully illustrated book describes the myriad of armies and navies that fought for control of Italy in the Middle Ages.

Автор: Hoffmann
Название: An Environmental History of Medieval Europe
ISBN: 052170037X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521700375
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: How did medieval Europeans use and change their environments, think about the natural world, and handle the natural forces affecting their lives? This is a pioneering survey of medieval relations with the natural world which integrates approaches from social and economic history and environmental studies.

Автор: Miri Rubin
Название: Cities of Strangers: Making Lives in Medieval Europe
ISBN: 1108740537 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108740531
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Examining how `strangers` - settling newcomers as well as settled ethnic and religious minorities - were treated in urban communities between 1000 and 1500, Cities of Strangers explores pathways to citizenship and arrangements for those unlikely to become citizens during a period of formative urban growth and its aftermath in medieval Europe.

Автор: Larrington Carolyne
Название: All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones
ISBN: 1784539325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784539320
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: `All men must die`: or `Valar Morghulis`, as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO`s sensational evocation of Game of Thrones.

Автор: Livermore, Christian
Название: When the dead rise - narratives of the revenant, from the middle ages to the present day
ISBN: 1843845768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843845768
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: A survey of the motif of the revenant, showing how medieval themes and motifs persist today.

Автор: D`Arcens
Название: The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism
ISBN: 1107451655 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107451650
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: An introduction to medievalism offering a balance of accessibility and sophistication, with comprehensive overviews as well as detailed case studies.

Автор: Gustavs Strenga, Lars Kjaer
Название: Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts as Objects
ISBN: 1350183695 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350183698
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. This volume explores an under-examined and often-overlooked aspect of this phenomenon: the material nature of the gift. Drawing on examples from both medieval and early modern Europe, the authors from the UK and across Europe explore the craftsmanship involved in the production of gifts and the use of exotic objects and animals, from elephant bones to polar bears and ‘living’ holy objects, to communicate power, class and allegiance. Gifts were publicly given, displayed and worn and so the book explores the ways in which, as tangible objects, gifts could help to construct religious and social worlds. But the beauty and material richness of the gift could also provoke anxieties. Classical and Christian authorities agreed that, in gift-giving, it was supposed to be the thought that counted and consequently wealth and grandeur raised worries about greed and corruption: was a valuable ring payment for sexual services or a token of love and a promise of marriage? Over three centuries, Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts as Objects reflects on the possibilities, practicalities and concerns raised by the material character of gifts.

Автор: Yuval Noah Harari
Название: Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550
ISBN: 1843834529 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843834526
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era.