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Book International Medieval Bibliography

Download or read book International Medieval Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists articles, notes, and similar literature on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the date range of 450 to 1500 for the entire continent of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for the period before the Muslim conquest and parts of those areas subsequently controlled by Christian powers.

Book Medieval Iberian Peninsula texts and studies

Download or read book Medieval Iberian Peninsula texts and studies written by [Anonymus AC00703430] and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1961 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book One Thousand and One Nights

Download or read book One Thousand and One Nights written by Hanan Al-Shaykh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, published to coincide with the world tour of a magnificent musical and theatrical production directed by Tim Supple

Book Folklore Americas

Download or read book Folklore Americas written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition

Download or read book 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition written by Ulrich Marzolph and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive exploration of the Middle Eastern roots of Western narrative tradition. Against the methodological backdrop of historical and comparative folk narrative research, 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition surveys the history, dissemination, and characteristics of over one hundred narratives transmitted to Western tradition from or by the Middle Eastern Muslim literatures (i.e., authored written works in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish). For a tale to be included, Ulrich Marzolph considered two criteria: that the tale originates from or at least was transmitted by a Middle Eastern source, and that it was recorded from a Western narrator's oral performance in the course of the nineteenth or twentieth century. The rationale behind these restrictive definitions is predicated on Marzolph's main concern with the long-lasting effect that some of the "Oriental" narratives exercised in Western popular tradition—those tales that have withstood the test of time. Marzolph focuses on the originally "Oriental" tales that became part and parcel of modern Western oral tradition. Since antiquity, the "Orient" constitutes the quintessential Other vis-à-vis the European cultures. While delineation against this Other served to define and reassure the Self, the "Orient" also constituted a constant source of fascination, attraction, and inspiration. Through oral retellings, numerous tales from Muslim tradition became an integral part of European oral and written tradition in the form of learned treatises, medieval sermons, late medieval fabliaux, early modern chapbooks, contemporary magazines, and more. In present times, when national narcissisms often acquire the status of strongholds delineating the Us against the Other, it is imperative to distinguish, document, visualize, and discuss the extent to which the West is not only indebted to the Muslim world but also shares common features with Muslim narrative tradition. 101 Middle Eastern Tales and Their Impact on Western Oral Tradition is an important contribution to this debate and a vital work for scholars, students, and readers of folklore and fairy tales.

Book Christian Muslim Relations  A Bibliographical History  Volume 9 Western and Southern Europe  1600 1700

Download or read book Christian Muslim Relations A Bibliographical History Volume 9 Western and Southern Europe 1600 1700 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 9 (CMR 9) covering Western and Southern Europe in the period 1600-1700 is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the seventh century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 9, along with the other volumes in this series is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Karoline Cook, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Emma Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Radu Păun, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Davide Tacchini, Ann Thomson, Carsten Walbiner.

Book El Profeso

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli
  • Publisher : Palibrio
  • Release : 2012-04
  • ISBN : 1463317484
  • Pages : 715 pages

Download or read book El Profeso written by Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Es la epopeya vivida por un caballero medieval, Frey Gian Galeazzo Ruspoli de la Orden de San Juan, medico y cirujano, enviado al Hospital de Jerusalén, ascendido a Bailío, luego a médico de la Casa Real, luego a Apóstol de la Vera Cruz. Participó desde entonces a todas las batallas del reino latino contra los musulmanes, viviendo grandes aventuras, desvelando algunos de los mayores secretos de la antigüedad y superando pruebas extremas. El relato de sus hazañas es el resultado de las múltiples entrevistas del espíritu del guerrero antepasado con el autor de la obra. Abarca temas de religión, historia, política, medicina, meditación, magia, esoterismo, superstición, locura, reliquias, viajes astrales, esclavos, asesinos, amazonas, intrigas, batallas, torturas, traiciones, venganzas, misterios, etc. y catarsis del protagonista que regresa finalmente a su tierra treinta años después. La saga de El Profeso está compuesta de momento por: El Profeso, Muerte en el Letrán, Muerte de Profesos, El Profeso en Tíbet y, en preparación: El Profeso y el diablo. El protagonista Gian Galeazzo está inspirado en la extraordinaria figura de Galeazzo Marescotti, héroe de Bolonia y absolutamente retratada en otra de sus novelas históricas, titulada: El Confaloniero.

Book Bestsellers and masterpieces

Download or read book Bestsellers and masterpieces written by Heather Blurton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon addresses the strange fact that, in both European and Middle Eastern medieval studies, those texts that we now study and teach as the most canonical representations of their era were in fact not popular or even widely read in their day. On the other hand, those texts that were popular, as evidenced by the extant manuscript record, are taught and studied with far less frequency. The book provides cross-cultural insight into both the literary tastes of the medieval period and the literary and political forces behind the creation of the ‘modern canon’ of medieval literature.

Book A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Download or read book A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies written by Bartolomé de las Casas and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness the chilling chronicle of colonial atrocities and the mistreatment of indigenous peoples in 'A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies'. Written by the compassionate Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542, this harrowing account exposes the heinous crimes committed by the Spanish in the Americas. Addressed to Prince Philip II of Spain, Las Casas' heartfelt plea for justice sheds light on the fear of divine punishment and the salvation of Native souls. From the burning of innocent people to the relentless exploitation of labor, the author unveils a brutal reality that spans across Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Book Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library  University of Chicago

Download or read book Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library University of Chicago written by University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Superlearning

Download or read book Superlearning written by Sheila Ostrander and published by Laurel. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary new system that lets you master facts, figures, sports skills, your health, psychic abilities--anything!--two to ten times faster than you ever thought passable. Remember almost anything you see or hear. Master sports skills with incredible ease. Solve problems while you sleep. Raise your grades and shorten your study hours. Learn languages with lightning speed. Turn your children into superlearners. Improve your health, reduce aches and pains. Succeed at anything you do with powerful new skills that help you makes the right decisions. And much, much more... Add undreamed-of dimensions to your abilities, using innovative, easy-to-follow techniques proved in worldwide studies. Included are dozens of exercises that can turn potential into ultra-performance in almost every area of your life. "An exciting presentation...Exciting material."-- "Brain/Mind Bulletin"

Book Am  rico Castro  the Impact of His Thought

Download or read book Am rico Castro the Impact of His Thought written by Ronald E. Surtz and published by Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Authority and Power

    Book Details:
  • Author : B. Tierney
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2012-07-19
  • ISBN : 1107404568
  • Pages : 287 pages

Download or read book Authority and Power written by B. Tierney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this 1980 volume, friends and former pupils of Walter Ullmann contribute essays on subjects originally studied under his supervision.

Book Raquel  the Jewess of Toledo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lion Feuchtwanger
  • Publisher : Makom Publications
  • Release : 2013-10
  • ISBN : 9780615868998
  • Pages : 444 pages

Download or read book Raquel the Jewess of Toledo written by Lion Feuchtwanger and published by Makom Publications. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The King became passionately enamored with a Jewess who was called by the name of Fermosa, meaning The Beautiful, and he forgot his wife. And he shut himself up with the Jewess for almost seven full years, forgetful of himself, and of his realm also, and paying no heed to any other thing." - Alfonso el Sabio, "Cronica General," c. 1270. This is a haunting love story of Alfonso VIII, the Christian King of Castile, and Raquel, the beautiful Jewess of Toledo, two lovers trapped by the bitterness and conflict of their times in a tragic alliance. Raquel was the daughter of Yehuda, a wealthy, proud aristocrat, who had come from Seville with his family to serve as Alfonso's Minister of Finance. His mission was to replenish the country's depleted treasury, but he saw in this assignment an opportunity to prevent war between the Christian North and the Moslem South and in the process to save his own people, the Jews, from being crushed between these two ruthless forces. But when the impetuous Alfonso fell in love with Raquel and demanded her as his mistress, Yehuda had to choose between his daughter's future and the fate of his people. In this epic romance of the lovers and their bitter destinies, Lion Feuchtwanger, one of the world's great historical novelists, has brilliantly recreated the drama and pageantry of the Middle Ages, rent with love and hate, cruelty and compassion, profanity and piety, bloodshed and ritual.

Book Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass

Download or read book Sheherazade Through the Looking Glass written by Eva Sallis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thousand and One Nights was reborn into an alien environment in 1704, its signs being received in a radically different way from their original meanings. Works of literature change as people and cultures who read them change. This study explores the Nights with reference to this view of literature.

Book National Union Catalog

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Book Slave of Desire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel E. Beaumont
  • Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780838638743
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Slave of Desire written by Daniel E. Beaumont and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Slave of Desire, through its analyses of various stories, reveals The 1001 Nights to be a very different sort of work, a sophisticated and subtle piece of literature that can provoke and disturb as much as it entertains and amuses.