Автор: John W. Nesbitt, Timothy S. Miller Название: Walking Corpses: Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West ISBN: 1501770837 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501770838 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In Walking Corpses, Timothy S. Miller and John W. Nesbitt contextualize reactions to leprosy in medieval Western Europe by tracing its history in Late Antique Byzantium, which had been confronting leprosy and its effects for centuries.
Integrating developments in both the Latin West and the Greek East, Walking Corpses challenges a number of misperceptions about attitudes toward the disease, including that theologians branded leprosy as punishment for sin (rather, it was seen as a mark of God's favor); that Christian teaching encouraged bans on the afflicted from society (in actuality, it was Germanic customary law); or that leprosariums were prisons (instead, they were centers of care, many of them self-governing). Informed by extensive archival research and recent bioarchaeology, Walking Corpses also includes new translations of three Greek texts regarding leprosy, while a new preface to the paperback edition updates the historiography on medieval perceptions and treatments of leprosy.
Автор: Miller Timothy S., Nesbitt John W. Название: Walking Corpses: Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West ISBN: 0801451353 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801451355 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 6006.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Leprosy has afflicted humans for thousands of years. It wasn't until the twelfth century, however, that the dreaded disease entered the collective psyche of Western society, thanks to a frightening epidemic that ravaged Catholic Europe. The Church responded by constructing charitable institutions called leprosariums to treat the rapidly expanding number of victims. As important as these events were, Timothy Miller and John Nesbitt remind us that the history of leprosy in the West is incomplete without also considering the Byzantine Empire, which confronted leprosy and its effects well before the Latin West. In Walking Corpses, they offer the first account of medieval leprosy that integrates the history of East and West.In their informative and engaging account, Miller and Nesbitt challenge a number of misperceptions and myths about medieval attitudes toward leprosy (known today as Hansen’s disease). They argue that ethical writings from the Byzantine world and from Catholic Europe never branded leprosy as punishment for sin; rather, theologians and moralists saw the disease as a mark of God’s favor on those chosen for heaven. The stimulus to ban lepers from society and ultimately to persecute them came not from Christian influence but from Germanic customary law. Leprosariums were not prisons to punish lepers but were centers of care to offer them support; some even provided both male and female residents the opportunity to govern their own communities under a form of written constitution. Informed by recent bioarchaeological research that has vastly expanded knowledge of the disease and its treatment by medieval society, Walking Corpses also includes three key Greek texts regarding leprosy (one of which has never been translated into English before).
Автор: West, Timothy Scales, Prunella Название: So you want to be an actor? ISBN: 1854598791 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781854598790 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1741.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A handbook for aspiring actors by two of the best-known names in British theatre and television.
Автор: West, Timothy Название: Pru and me ISBN: 0241629551 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241629550 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2904.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Dawson, Timothy Название: Armour never wearies ISBN: 0752488627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752488622 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Armour Never Wearies is the first volume to bring together all the hitherto scattered evidence - archaeological, literary and artistic - for the forms and uses of scale and lamellar armours in the region west of the Ural Mountains throughout the 3,500 years during which these armours were used.
Описание: Presenting poems with a remarkable range of themes, this collection runs the gamut from the power of a single word and the horror of violence to the joy of a newborn child. At the heart of the book are three pieces that stand alongside those that have formed the backbone of the author`s acclaimed oeuvre: a contemplative poem written beside Lake Geneva; the `Building Sonnets`; and `Peace on Earth`.
Автор: Simon Schama; Read by Timothy West Название: History of Britain, Vol 2 ABR CAS ISBN: 1559276371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559276375 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 3030.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Simon Schama; Read by Timothy West Название: History of Britain, Vol 3 ABR CAS ISBN: 1559277661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559277662 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 3030.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Simon Schama; Read by Timothy West Название: History of Britain, Vol 1 ABR CAS ISBN: 1559276363 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559276368 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2294.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Montgomery Eric James, Landry Timothy R., Vannier Christian N. Название: Spirit Service: Vodъn and Vodou in the African Atlantic World ISBN: 0253061911 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253061911 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5016.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vod?n, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization. Spirit Service: Vod?n and Vodou in the African Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems—ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being—alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and examinations of gender and materiality. Offering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect.
Автор: Montgomery Eric James, Landry Timothy R., Vannier Christian N. Название: Spirit Service: Vodъn and Vodou in the African Atlantic World ISBN: 0253061903 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253061904 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 11286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Known in the Dominican Republic and Togo as Vodu, in Benin as Vod?n, and in Haiti as Vodou, West African religion has, for hundreds of years, served as a repository of sacred knowledge while simultaneously evolving in response to human experience and globalization. Spirit Service: Vod?n and Vodou in the African Atlantic World explores this dynamic religion, its mobility, and its place in the modern world. By examining the systems—ritual practices, community-based spirit veneration, and spiritual means of securing opportunity and well-being—alongside the individuals who worship, this rich collection offers the first comprehensive ethnographic study of West African spirit service on a broad scale. Contributors consider social encounters between African/Haitian practitioners and European / North American spiritual seekers, economies and histories, funerary rites and spirit possessions, and examinations of gender and materiality. Offering much-needed perspective on this historically disparaged religion, Spirit Service reminds us all that the gods are growing, assimilating, and demanding recognition and respect.
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