Archiv für August 2013

Michael North, The Expansion of Europe, 1250–1500 . (Manchester Medieval Studies.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012. Paper. Pp. xiii, 561; 15 maps, 2 graphs, 5 b&w figs., 4 tables, and 8 genealogical tables. $38.95. ISBN: 9780719080210.

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Robin Netherton and Gale R. Owen-Crocker, eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 8 . Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell Press, 2012. Pp. 197. $60. ISBN: 9781843837367.

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Russell E. Murray, Susan Forscher Weiss, and Cynthia J. Cyrus, eds., Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance . (Publications of the Early Music Institute.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010. Pp. xviii, 406; 41 b&w figs and 14 musical examples. $52. ISBN: 9780253354860.

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James Muldoon, ed., Bridging the Medieval-Modern Divide: Medieval Themes in the World of the Reformation . (Catholic Christendom, 1300–1700.) Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2013. Pp. xiii, 241; 2 b&w figs. $119.95. ISBN: 9781409447634.

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Danielle Jacquart and Nicolas Weill-Parot, eds., Substances minérales et corps animés: De la philosophie de la matière aux pratiques médicales (1100–1500) / Mineral Substances and Animate Bodies: From the Philosophy of Matter to Medical Practices (1100–1500) . (Histoire des savoirs.) Montreuil, France: Omniscience, 2012. Paper. Pp. 219. €35. ISBN: 9782916097350.

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Christian Heck, ed., L’allégorie dans l’art du Moyen Âge: Formes et fonctions. Héritages, créations, mutations. Actes du Colloque du RILMA, Institut Universitaire de France (Paris, INHA, 28–29 mai 2010) . (Répertoire iconographique de la littérature du Moyen Âge, Études du RILMA 2.) Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2011. Pp. 431. €85. ISBN: 9782503536743.

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Wolfram Drews, Die Karolinger und die Abbasiden von Bagdad: Legitimationsstrategien Frühmittelalterlicher Herrscherdynastien im Transkulturellen Vergleich . (Europa im Mittelalter 12.) Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2009. Pp. 502. €59.80. ISBN: 9783050045603.

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Chiara Crisciani and Gabriella Zuccolin, eds., Michele Savonarola: Medicina e cultura di corte . (Micrologus‘ Library 37.) Florence: SISMEL, Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2011. Paper. Pp. xxii, 299. €48. ISBN: 9788884504005.

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Janet Burton, Phillipp Schofield, and Björn Weiler, eds., Thirteenth Century England XIV: Proceedings of the Aberystwyth and Lampeter Conference, 2011 . (Thirteenth Century England.) Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell & Brewer, 2013. Pp. 250. $120. ISBN: 9781843838098.

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Agnès Bérenger and Frédérique Lachaud, eds., Hiérarchie des pouvoirs, délégation de pouvoir et responsabilité des administrateurs dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge: Actes du Colloque de Metz, 16–18 juin 2011 . (Centre de recherche universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire, site de Metz 46.) Metz, France: Centre de recherche universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire, site de Metz, 2012. Paper. Pp. 427. €22. ISBN: 9782857300533.

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