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Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies) (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)

The main focus of this volume is the study of Abraham Ibn Ezra's scientific thought within the historical and cultural context of his times (1089-1167). His scientific contribution may be understood as the very embodiment of "the rise of medieval Hebrew

$114.27

Popol Vuh: The Mythic Sections-Tales of First Beginnings from the Ancient Kiche-Maya (Ancient Texts & Mormon Studies, No. 2) (Ancient Texts & Mormon Studies, No. 2)

Popol Vuh: The Mythic Sections--Tales of First Beginnings from the Ancient K'iche'-Maya is number 2 in the Ancient Texts and Mormon Studies series. This series presents a wide-ranging collection of important ancient texts that are of interest to

$19.95

Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of Cultural Fantasy.(Book review): An article from: Shakespeare Studies

This digital document is an article from Shakespeare Studies, published by Associated University Presses on January 1, 2008. The length of the article is 1930 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in

$9.94

Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds (Collected Studies Series, 557)

After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic and its position in divisions of science in the Middle Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the Classical period through the Arabic world to the Latin Middle Ages. The principal

$134.94

Defining Dominion: The Discourses of Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern France and Germany (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization)

In this intriguing volume, Gerhild Scholz Williams explores the roles of magic and demonology in France and Germany in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. She guides the reader through a variety of texts--many of them popular and influential in their

$29.95

Crafting the Witch: Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England (Studies in Medieval History & Culture)

How did the witch become wicked? This is the central question of Crafting the Witch, which documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures that occurred in Arthurian romance as it developed from its earliest continental manifestations in

$88.31

Radio Camelot: Arthurian Legends on the BBC, 1922-2005 (Arthurian Studies) (Arthurian Studies)

Radio has been an important medium for the recreation of the Arthurian legend, reshaping the Matter of Britain in response to changing social and cultural contexts through adapting the traditional material and developing new genres. This pioneering study,

$95.00

Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish Polymath (Harvard Judaic Texts and Studies)

The biblical commentaries of Rabbi Abraham Ion Ezra (1089/1092-1164/1167) have become indispensable to anyone desiring a full appreciation of the biblical text, and this noted scholar also wrote extensively on philology, philosophy. mathematics, and

$16.50

The Legend of the Grail (Arthurian Studies) (Arthurian Studies)

The Grail legends have been appropriated by novelists as diverse as Umberto Eco and Dan Brown yet very few have read for themselves the original stories from which they came. All the mystery and drama of the Arthurian world are embodied in the extraordinary

$14.81

Magic and Divination at the Courts of Burgundy and France: Text and Context of Laurens Pignon's Contre Les Devineurs (1411) (Brill's Studies in Intellectual ... (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

This study presents a critical edition of a treatise "Contre les Devineurs" by friar Laurens Pignon. The magicians and astrologers who frequented the courts of Burgundy and France during the reign of Charles VI, rendering their dubious services to king and

$148.00

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