Myths Et Legends Of The Middle Ages

Author : H. David Brumble
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136797386
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance written by H. David Brumble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for the gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and places of classical myth and legend. Each entry includes a brief account of the myth, with reference to the Greek and Latin sources. The entry then discusses how Medieval and Renaissance commentators interpreted the myth, and how poets, dramatists, and artists employed the allegory in their art. Each entry includes a bibliography and the volume concludes with appendices and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends of the Middle Ages, Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. A. Guerber
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048627862X
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages written by H. A. Guerber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval romance and other kinds of myth and legend from the Middle Ages offer a heady mix of Christian and pagan elements, reflecting both the passing of an ancient culture and the arrival of a new order. Not purely legend, not really history, these wonderful stories often involve pagan heroes reshaped to fit tales of knighthood and Christian endeavor. 36 illustrations.

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curious Myths of the Middle Ages written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher : London : G. C. Harrap
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by London : G. C. Harrap. This book was released on 1909 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H.A. Guerber
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136214143
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages written by H.A. Guerber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. This classic work presents sixteen key myths and legends of the Arthurian, Carolingian, Teutonic and Scandinavian cycles which embody the chivalric code and which inspired the greatest works of romance literature and art. Some, like Tristan and Isolde, Merlin and the Niebelungenlied, are well known. Others, such as the tale of the Amelings and the Langobardian Cycle are rarely encountered. All of the tales and the tourneys, quests, vows, battles and betrayals of which they tell have retained their enchanting power through the ages. They illuminate the mystical significance of knighthood and its ethos of self-purification and honour, allowing us to decode many of the allusions found in medieval art, literature and song. Written for the general reader with captivating style, this work makes the lore of the chivalric Middle Ages accessible and enriches our understanding of a magnificent age.

Author : Stephen Harris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135986673
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Misconceptions About the Middle Ages written by Stephen Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought together by an impressive, international array of contributors this book presents a representative study of some of the many misinterpretations that have evolved concerning the medieval period.

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages, Their Origin and Influence on Literature and Art written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 405 pages
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Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rémi Brague
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226070773
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book The Wisdom of the World written by Rémi Brague and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the ancient Greeks looked up into the heavens, they saw not just sun and moon, stars and planets, but a complete, coherent universe, a model of the Good that could serve as a guide to a better life. How this view of the world came to be, and how we lost it (or turned away from it) on the way to becoming modern, make for a fascinating story, told in a highly accessible manner by Rémi Brague in this wide-ranging cultural history. Before the Greeks, people thought human action was required to maintain the order of the universe and so conducted rituals and sacrifices to renew and restore it. But beginning with the Hellenic Age, the universe came to be seen as existing quite apart from human action and possessing, therefore, a kind of wisdom that humanity did not. Wearing his remarkable erudition lightly, Brague traces the many ways this universal wisdom has been interpreted over the centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the modern era. Socratic and Muslim philosophers, Christian theologians and Jewish Kabbalists all believed that questions about the workings of the world and the meaning of life were closely intertwined and that an understanding of cosmology was crucial to making sense of human ethics. Exploring the fate of this concept in the modern day, Brague shows how modernity stripped the universe of its sacred and philosophical wisdom, transforming it into an ethically indifferent entity that no longer serves as a model for human morality. Encyclopedic and yet intimate, The Wisdom of the World offers the best sort of history: broad, learned, and completely compelling. Brague opens a window onto systems of thought radically different from our own.