Comprehensive examination of key concept in Christianity from the fourth century to the present day, exploring changing ideas of ministry, challenges of the Counter-Reformation, consideration of missionary activity.

The Ministry: Clerical and Lay (Studies in Church History)

History

World

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Prophecy has played a vital part in the history of the church; studies draw together the whole field of apocalyptic and prophetic speculation between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries in Britain and Europe.

Prophecy and Eschatology (STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY SUBSIDIA)

Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, known as the Black Prince, is one of the legendary figures of English history-the victor of three great battles and a model pf chivalry and courtesy. Based on official records, particularly of Edward's own household and of those who campaigned with him, this work aims to get behind the familiar splendid vision of chivalry to reveal the realities of his character and of the life that he led. Special attention has been paid not only to the confusing and confused accounts of the great battles, but also to the prince's early years, the close companions who contributed so greatly to his success, and his government of Aquitane-an obscure but important part of his career. The author also seeks to correct a number of minor but persistent errors in earlier histories, deriving from Froissart, and examines how the legend of the Black Prince - including his curious nickname-came into being.

Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince

BARBER, Richard

Europe

Catching Lake Trout

Sports & Outdoors

Gale,John

Hunting & Fishing

Physical description: 192p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subject: Spin-fishing.

Spinning and Plug Fishing: An Illustrated Textbook

Whitehead, Ken

BARRIE

Rickards

This `Journal of Late Medieval Studies' is devoted to the critical examination of British literature written between 1350 and 1500. Contributors include: P Beidler (Chaucer's request for money in the Man of Law's Prologue) ; H Chickering (Comic mter and rhyme in the Miller's Tale) ; K Grimm (Narrative voicing in Malory's Morte Darthur) ; J Mandel (Arthurian ideal and medieval practice in Malory's Morte Darthur) ; C Ross (Malory's weeping castle) ; J Watkins (Pearl and late medieval individualism) ; K Winstead (Pious laywomen in Middle English romance) .

Chaucer Yearbook Volume 2: 1995

Literature & Fiction

Salda, Michael

British & Irish

The concerns expressed range from the insistent break with the pagan past to create a Christian identity in the first centuries of the Church, through to the impact in the twentieth century of appeals to the original ideals of St Clare; essays also investigate major periods of turmoil in the Church's history (notably the twelfth, sixteenth and nineteenth centuries) which entailed a reconsideration of its links with the past. The subjects covered embrace a number of disciplines, from theology to art history, from the sociology of religion to the origins of a specifically Roman Catholic approach to archaeology. Throughout, the scope of the volume reflects the many and varied ways in which the legacy and heritage of the past has affected the life of the Church, and of individual Christians, over the centuries. Dr R.N. SWANSON teaches in the Department of History at the University of Birmingham. Contributors: T.A. HESLOP, RACHEL MORIARTY, STUART G. HALL, COLIN MORRIS, SIMON COATES, JOHN A. McGUCKIN, CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, LUCY BOSWORTH, FRANCES ANDREWS, TAKASHI SHOGIMEN, MICHAEL WILKS, ANDREW MARTINDALE, ANDREW PETTEGREE, HELEN L. PARISH, THOMAS L. FREEMAN, MARTIN DOTTERWEICH, ALEXANDRA WALSHAM, DAMIAN NUSSBAUM, SIMON DITCHFIELD, J.M.B. PORTER, DAVID L. WYKES, PETER van ROONEN, R.A. BURNS, J. MORDAUNT CROOK, TIMOTHY LARSEN, OLIVER LOGAN, JEREMY MORRIS, MARTIN WELLINGS, DOUGLAS M. MURRAY, BARBARA WRAITH, PAUL M. GERRARD

The Church Retrospective (Studies in Church History)

These essays on the complex influence of gender on the development of Christian religion extend the gender issue to questions concerning the role of men and masculinity in the development and spread of Christianity, and to more theoretical issues arising from the wider concept of gender and questions of gender awareness. Chronologically the collection moves from the martyrdoms of the Early Church to the twentieth century; geographically it includes both the heartland of western Christendom in Britain and Europe, and colonial missions in the nineteenth century and more recent developments in South Africa and Australia. Evidence drawn on extends from Middle English texts to Romanian wall-paintings, from seventeenth-century religious polemic to intimate personal diaries. Dr R.N. SWANSON teaches in the Department of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham.

Gender and Christian Religion (Studies in Church History)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

When it first came out in 1986, Gale Owen-Crocker's book was a milestone in costume studies, a foundation on which much work has subsequently been based. Nearly twenty years later, there is more to be said, and this updated edition is long overdue. An encyclopaedic study of English dress from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, it draws evidence from archaeology, text and art (manuscripts, ivories, metalwork, stone sculpture, mosaics), and also from re-enactors' experience. It examines archaeological textiles, cloth production and the significance of imported cloth and foreign fashions. Dress is discussed as a marker of gender, ethnicity, status and social role - in the context of a pagan burial, dress for holy orders, bequests of clothing, commissioning a kingly wardrobe, and much else - and surviving dress fasteners and accessories are examined with regard to type and to geographical/chronological distribution. There are colour reconstructions of early Anglo-Saxon dress and a cutting pattern for a gown from the Bayeux tapestry; Old English garment names are discussed, and there is a glossary of costume and other relevant terms. GALE OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. She has a special interest in dress throughout the medieval period - she advises on dress entries to the Toronto Old English Dictionary and has consulted for many museums and television companies. She is co-editor of the new journal Medieval Clothing and Textiles. Generously illustrated with 25 plates, 12 in colour, and 140 drawings.

Dress in Anglo-Saxon England

Arts & Photography

Owen-Crocker, Gale R.

Graphic Design

Whether knight's charger or beast of burden, horses played a vital role in medieval life. The wealth of medieval finds excavated in London in recent years has, not surprisingly, included many objects associated with horses. This catalogue illustrates and discusses over four hundred such objects, among them harness, horseshoes, spurs and curry combs, from the utilitarian to highly decorative pieces. London served by horse traffic comes vividly in view. The introductory chapter draws on historical as well as archaeological sources to consider the role of the horse in medieval London. It looks at the price of horses and the costs of maintaining them, the hiring of 'hackneys' for riding, the use of carts in and around London, and the work of the 'marshal' or farrier. It discusses the evidence for the size of medieval horses and includes a survey of finds of medieval horse skeletons from London. It answers the key questions, how large a 'Great Horse' was, and why it took three horses to pull a cart. A new introduction to this edition provides an update on research and a supplementary bibliography. This is a basic work of reference for archaeologists and those studying medieval artefacts, and absorbing reading for everyone interested in the history of the horse and its use by humankind. JOHN CLARK is Curator (Medieval) at the Museum of London.

The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, c.1150-1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (Volume 5)

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