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Intercultural Transmission in the Medieval Mediterranean.

This volume presents evidence of the extent and effects of intercultural contacts across Europe and the Mediterranean rim, opening up a new understanding of early medieval civilisation and its continuing influence in both Western and Eastern cultures today. From the perspectives of textual transmiss...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hathaway, Stephanie L.
Otros Autores: Kim, David W. (David William)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 Faith and Spirituality; 1 Thomasine Metamorphosis: Community, Text and Transmission from Greek to Coptic; David W. Kim; 2 St Michael of Chonai and the Tenacity of Paganism; Alan Cadwallader; Part 2 Chivalry; 3 The Cultural Repository of Persian Sufism: Medieval Chivalry and Mysticism in Iran; Milad Milani; 4 From Knight to Chevalier: Chivalry in the chanson de geste Material from Aquitaine to Germany; Stephanie L. Hathaway; Part 3 Love and Literature; 5 Humour and Sexuality: Twelfth-century Troubadours and Medieval Arabic Poetry.
  • Jerónimo Méndez6 Ladies, Lovers and Lais: A Comparison of some Byzantine Romances with the Anglo-Norman Guigemar; Andrew Stephenson; 7 Performance and Reception of Greek Tragedy in the Early Medieval Mediterranean; Amelia R. Brown; Part 4 Material Culture; 8 The Urban Language of Early Constantinople: The Changing Roles of the Arts and Architecture in the Formation of the New Capital and the New Consciousness; Gordana Fontana-Giusti; 9 There and Back Again: Cross-cultural Transmission of Clothing and Clothing Terminology; Timothy Dawson; Index.