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1	Medieval Life more books like this by Andrew Langley This title allows readers to discover what life was like in medieval Europe, from life on a country manor to the crowded streets of a developing town. On each spread a colour photograph shows objects in close-up detail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
2	The discarded image; an introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature more books like this by C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis's The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the 'image' discarded by later ages as 'the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organisation of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, ... see all copies from $4.49! new only from $8.86! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Classics of Western Thought Series: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, Volume II more books like this by Karl F Thompson (Editor) This series remains today perhaps the best source available for the comprehensive study of every subject area which might be included in the umbrella of humanities. Almost every major literary form is represented: essay, poem, short story, play, novel, memoir, epigram, scientific discourse, philosophical treatise, political manifesto, and ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $43.00! \| SVS
4	The Sagas of Icelanders: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition more books like this by Jane Smiley (Editor), Various, Robert Kellogg (Introduction by) In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's great literary treasures - as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern ... see all copies from $6.67! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Medieval Reader more books like this by Norman F Cantor The only book of its kind, "The Medieval Reader" is a fascinating, illustrated collection of almost 100 first-hand accounts of the period known as the middle ages, roughly from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries. Revealing the medieval world in all its astonishing diversity, the selections reflect the culture of the people who lived during the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
6	The Medieval Myths more books like this by Norma Lorre Goodrich Offering nine brilliant readings of the great myths of the world, from Beowulf to The Cid, this is the first collection to compare national heroes at a time when their cultures were emerging from barbarism into civilization, demonstrating how their reverberations have deeply affected the ideals of the nations from which they came. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.04! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The portable medieval reader more books like this by James Bruce Ross, Mary Martin McLaughlin DESCRIPTION OF BOOK: THE PAGEANT OF THEMIDDLE AGES - IN THEOLOGY, HISTORY, TRAVEL, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE- BROUGHT TO LIFE BY WRITERS OF THE PERIOD 1050-1500. DANTE ALIGHIERI, FRANCESCO PETRARCA, GEOFFREY CHAUCER, SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, PETER ABELARD, LEONARDO DA VINCI, ROGER BACON, AND DOZENS OF OTHERS. "A CROSS SECTION ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.20! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Gods, Heroes, & Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain more books like this by Christopher R Fee, David A Leeming The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings-those of flesh as well as those of myth-for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples, only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned ... see all copies from $5.65! new only from $12.63! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Middle Ages more books like this by Mike Corbishley "The Middle Ages, New Edition" explores the fascinating period of European history known as the medieval era, the period from the decline of the Roman Empire ca. 350 CE to the opening of the Americas in the late 15th century. State-of-the art maps, authentic documents, and breathtaking works of art enhance the text and reconstruct life at all ... see all copies from $2.58! new only from $25.60! \| SVS
10	Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature more books like this by C. S. Lewis This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures, and hard to find articles from the late C. S. Lewis, whose constant aim was to show the twentieth century reader how to read and how to understand old books and manuscripts. see all copies from $9.79! new only from $17.28! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Mabon and the Guardians of Celtic Britain: Hero Myths in the "Mabinogion" more books like this by Caitlin Matthews Caitlin Matthews unlocks the encoded meanings of the "Mabinogion" and establishes it firmly as a precursor to other living myths of the West. As descendants of the ancient Celtic oral tradition, the rich themes and archetypal underpinnings of the "Mabinogion" are stories for all time. see all copies from $6.71! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History more books like this by Roger S Loomis (Editor) see all copies from $15.00! new only from $26.97! \| first editions
13	European literature and the Latin Middle Ages more books like this by Ernst Robert Curtius A magnum opus in which Curtius, a philologist by training, a displays his vast knowledge of classical and medieval texts and shows the lasting influence of the medieval on Western thought. see all copies from $6.44! first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table: From Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur more books like this by Sidney Lanier, Florian (Illustrator) Recounts the exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.32! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The gateway to the Middle Ages. Monasticism more books like this by Eleanor Shipley Duckett In an era when the sounds of monasticism's interior life speak to a new generation, Eleanor Shipley Duckett offers an illuminated description of its development under such figures as Columban, "the saint afire with Irish enthusiam"; St. Benedict, greatest of the monks, who established a pattern of the religious life still vibrant to this day; and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature more books like this by David Wallace (Editor) This is the first full-scale history of medieval English literature for nearly a century. Thirty-three distinguished contributors offer a collaborative account of literature composed or transmitted in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland between the Norman conquest and the death of Henry VIII in 1547. The volume has five sections: 'After the ... see all copies from $41.50! new only from $41.50! \| SVS
17 view cover	Troubled Vision: Gender, Sexuality, and Sight in Medieval Text and Image more books like this by Emma Campbell (Editor), Robert Mills (Editor) Troubled Vision is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that explores the interface between gender, sexuality and vision in medieval culture. The volume represents an exciting array of scholarship dealing with visual and textual cultures from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth centuries. Bringing together a range of theoretical approaches that ... see all copies from $44.55! new only from $80.17! \| SVS
18 view cover	Medieval Romance: Themes and Approaches more books like this by John E Stevens see all copies from $3.95! new only from $16.09! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The sword in Anglo-Saxon England : its archaeology and literature. more books like this by Hilda Ellis Davidson This book is an invaluable exploration of the significance of the sword as symbol and weapon in the Anglo-Saxon world, using archaeological and literary evidence. The first part of the book, a careful study of the disposition of swords found in peat bogs, in graves, lakes and rivers, yields information on religious and social practices. The second ... see all copies from $22.75! new only from $31.05! \| SVS
20 view cover	Orpheus in the Middle Ages more books like this by John Block Friedman John B. Friedman takes the reader through the journey of a myth -- where Orpheus becomes an Orpheus-Christus, a courtly knight and the writer of love lyrics. see all copies from $10.39! new only from $24.35! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	A history of Sanskrit literature more books like this by Arthur A Macdonell A classic work on the history of Sanskrit. Invaluable for the student of linguistics and philology. The work represents a complete history of Sanskrit literature in a condensed and succinct form. It embodies a general study of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, classical and philosophical literature. It sheds light on the life and thought of Ancient and ... see all copies from $2.89! new only from $15.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 1A: The Middle Ages more books like this by Professor Christopher Baswell, Anne Howland Schotter "Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 1A The Middle Ages,3/E" is a comprehensive and thoughtfully arranged anthology that offers a rich selection of major British authors throughout the Middle Ages. The highlight of Volume 1A is the highly praised verse translation of Beowulf by Tim Murphy. The book also includes Perspectives, Companion ... see all copies from $2.43! new only from $19.43!
23 view cover	Medieval Women Writers more books like this by Katharina M. Wilson (Editor) This is one of the first anthologies devoted to the writings of women in the Middle Ages. The fifteen women whose works are represented span seven centuries, eight languages, and ten regions or nationalities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	From Virile Woman to Womanchrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature more books like this by Barbara Newman Why did hagiographers of the late Middle Ages praise mothers for abandoning small children? How did a group of female mystics come to define themselves as "apostles to the dead" and end by challenging God's right to damn? Why did certain heretics around 1300 venerate a woman as the Holy Spirit incarnate and another as the Angelic Pope? In "From ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $19.50! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree: Medieval Stories of Men and Women more books like this by Patricia Ann Terry (Translator) This book presents translations of four major practitioners of octosyllabic verse, the dominant literary form of 12th- and 13th-century France. The introduction discusses the varying views of women and love in the texts and their place in the courtly tradition. From Chretien de Troyes Terry includes an early work, "Philomena". The other great ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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