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The Cartulary of Montier-en-Der, 666-1129

The Cartulary of Montier-en-Der, 666-1129

Medieval Academy of America

Constance Brittain Bouchard begins the edition with a concise history of the monastery, codicological information on the cartulary and the other manuscripts that contain copies of charters from Montier-en-Der, and a close discussion of the ...
Roadworks: Medieval Britain, medieval roads

Roadworks: Medieval Britain, medieval roads

Ruth Evans

Rees Jones, Sarah, 'Civic literacy in later medieval England' in Marco Mostert (ed .), Writing and the Administration of Medieval Towns: Medieval Urban Literacy I, Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 27, Turnhout: Brepols, 2014, pp. 219–30.
Sea Change at Annapolis: The United States Naval Academy, ...

Sea Change at Annapolis: The United States Naval Academy, ...

H. Michael Gelfand

Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress, H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academy's culture from both inside and outside the Academy's walls between 1949 and 2000, an era of ...
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy

It was moved, seconded, and— Rssonvsn,—-That the fresh thanks of the Academy are due, and are hereby returned to ... Richard O'Donnell, Bart, has this day deposited in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy that ancient Irish reliquary, ...
Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their ...

Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their ...

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Viewing medieval world maps not as isolated sheets of parchment, but in the context of the manuscripts in which they appear, this book reveals the role maps played in medieval thought and how medieval thought determined their form and ...
Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval England: ...

Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval England: ...

Siegfried Wenzel

This book is an important contribution to the study of medieval preaching, and will be essential for scholars of late medieval literature, history and religious thought.
Dante for the New Millennium

Dante for the New Millennium

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This volume is the fruit of a unique conference, "Dante2000," sponsored by the Dante Society of America and the Italian Academy of Advanced Studies in America and held at Columbia University on April 7-9, 2000. When I became the fifteenth ...
Medieval Persia 1040-1797

Medieval Persia 1040-1797

David Morgan

Concise and clear, this book is the perfect introduction for students of medieval Persia and the medieval Middle East.
Medieval Virginities

Medieval Virginities

Ruth Evans

Medieval Virginities shows how virginity's inherent ambiguity highlights the problems, contradictions and discontinuities lurking within medieval ideologies.
Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000-1300

Captivity and Imprisonment in Medieval Europe, 1000-1300

J. Dunbabin

Medieval Culture and Society General Editor: Miri Rubin Advisors: Jean Dunbabin and Robert Stacey Medieval Culture and Society provides a frame- work for the study of an array of themes in the history of medieval Europe, including some ...
Those of my blood: constructing noble families in medieval ...

Those of my blood: constructing noble families in medieval ...

Constance Brittain Bouchard

"A wonderful introduction to those new to the subject as well as a welcome contribution to the debate on the nature of the medieval nobility."--Medieval Review
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Polite literature ...

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Polite literature ...

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It was moved, seconded, and— REsoLvED,--That the fresh thanks of the Academy are due, and are hereby returned to Sir ... Richard O'Donnell, Bart, has this day deposited in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy that ancient Irish reliquary, ...
The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy

The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy (Dublin)

THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. VOLUME XXII. PART VI.-POLITE LITERATURE. DUBLIN: PRINTED BY M. H. GILL, PRINTER TO THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. SOLI) BY HODGES AND SMITH, DUBLIN, AND BY T.
National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Hydrology. The U.S. Department of State transmitted it to UNESCO, and international planning meetings, under its auspices, were held in 1963 and 1964. Nearly 100 nations are participating. The major ...
Journal of Medieval Military History

Journal of Medieval Military History

John France

"The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare
Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western ...

Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western ...

Graham Oppy

"Medieval Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to scholars and students of Philosophy, Medieval Studies, the History of Ideas, and Religion, while remaining accessible to any interested in the rich cultural heritage of medieval ...
Studies in the Medieval Atlantic

Studies in the Medieval Atlantic

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Essays edited by Leo Carruthers, Raeleen ChaiElsholz, and Tatjana Silec Divine Ventriloquism in Medieval English Literature: Power, Anxiety, Subversion by Mary Hayes Vernacularand LatinLiterary Discourses oftheMuslim Other in Medieval ...
Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture

Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture

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At the Colloquium of La société Internationale pour l'Étude du Théâtre médiéval ( sITm) in 2013, epp spoke of the value of performance in his teaching of medieval theatre, a process whereby undergraduates engage in 'productions of some ...
The Medieval Papacy

The Medieval Papacy

Brett Edward Whalen

They also faced profound challenges to their proclaimed primacy over Christendom. The Medieval Papacy explores the unique role that the Roman Church and its papal leadership played in the historical development of medieval Europe.
The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe

The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe

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Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21 . 22. Medieval and Renaissance History, 5 (1968): 3–48; Jo Ann McNamara and Suzanne Wemple, “The Power of Women Through the Family in Medieval ...
Annual Report - National Academy of Sciences

Annual Report - National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

.Solar Observatory, Mount Wilson, Cal. 1902 HASTINGS, CHARLEs S . . ... U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. 1885 HoLMEs, WILLIAM H . . . . . . .Bureau of ... Tufts College, Mass. 1889 MICHELsoN ... Columbia University, New York City.
Medieval Narrative: An Introduction

Medieval Narrative: An Introduction

Tony Davenport

The knights-errant who indefatigably make their way through a forest— that ancient symbol of uncertain fate—. " Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner, 'The shape of romance in medieval France', in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance, ed.
Handbook of Medieval Culture

Handbook of Medieval Culture

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Linda Rouillard Church and the Clergy Johannes Bernwieser Cities Lia Ross Communication in the Middle Ages Mark T. Abate Convivencia: Conquest and Coexistence in Medieval Spain Nadia Pawelchak Medieval Courts and Aristocracy ...
The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's ...

The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's ...

Anthony Gregory

This book tells the story of habeas corpus from medieval England to modern America, crediting the rocky history to the writ's very nature as a government power.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, National Academy of ...

Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, National Academy of ...

National Academy of Arbitrators. Meeting

Chapter 6 THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT, VEBAS, AND OTHER CHANGES TO THE PROVISION OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS: SHOW ME THE MONEY Co- Moderators: IraJaffe, Member, National Academy of Arbitrators, Potomac, ...
Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Vol. 11, pt. 1, "Centennial volume," includes full list of officers and members of the academy, 1780-1881.
Report of the National Academy of Sciences

Report of the National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). rockets and satellites; the Panel on Oceanographic Data of the NRC Committee on Oceanography (see page 74) has agreed to serve as an advisory panel to the Geophysics Research Board for WDC-A ...
The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy

The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy (Dublin)

Royal Irish Academy (Dublin). In the calamities of the civil wars of 1641 this family lost their ... Some of the translations made for the latter are to be found in the library of the British Museum. To these meagre facts I can only add that of his death, ...
City and Cosmos: The Medieval World in Urban Form

City and Cosmos: The Medieval World in Urban Form

Keith D. Lilley

Hammond, R., The Philosophy of Alfarabi and its Influence on Medieval Thought (New York, 1947) Hanawalt, B., and K. L. Reyerson, ed., City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe (Minneapolis, mn, 1994) ––, 'Introduction', in City andSpectacle  ...

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