Monologion and Proslogion with the Replies of Gaunilo and Anselm
The Proslogion (also spelled Proslogium; English translation of title: Discourse on the Existence of God), written in 1077-1078, was an attempt by the medieval cleric … Read more
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L’astrologia
None Dov’è molta luce, più profonda è l’ombra”, scrisse Goethe. La luce del Medioevo risplende nella poesia di Dante e Petrarca, nella sublime simbologia delle … Read more
Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae: A Critical Guide
Alone among Thomas Aquinas’ works, the Summa Theologiae contains well-developed and integrated discussions of metaphysics, ethics, law, human action, and the divine nature. The essays … Read more
The Byzantine Churches of Sardinia
This book represents the first detailed study of Byzantine churches on the island of Sardinia. The buildings are described and analyzed in detail both individually … Read more
The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean : climate change and the decline of the East, 950-1072
“As a ‘Medieval Warm Period’ prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, … Read more
La ciudad de las damas
La Ciudad de las Damas (con 18 ilustraciones), considerada una clara anticipacion del feminismo moderno, corona una obra que cultiva la poesia, la historia y … Read more
Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Niccolo Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil so that good may come of it, and his name has been a … Read more
Breve historia del Imperio bizantino
La apasionante historia de la invulnerable Constantinopla, capital del imperio que mantuvo la cultura clsica y el Estado romano a lo largo de mil aos. … Read more
Michael Attaleiates and the politics of imperial decline in eleventh-century Byzantium
This volume is about a unique, understudied eleventh-century account and interpretation of Byzantine imperial decline. Focusing on the History, the major work of the judge … Read more
Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe
None Demonic possession was a spiritual state that often had physical symptoms; however, in Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa … Read more
Neighboring Faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are usually treated as autonomous religions, but in fact across the long course of their histories the three religions have developed … Read more