The body as a mirror of the soul

physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance

The idea of the body as a mirror of the soul has fascinated mankind throughout history. Being able to see through an individual, and drawing conclusions on their character solely based on a selection of external features, is the subject of physiognomy, and has a long tradition running well into recent times. However, the pre-modern, especially medieval background of this discipline has remained underexplored. The selected case studies in this volume each contribute to a better understanding of the...

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Engels | PDF, 8,7 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021

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Janina Ramirez Femina

a new history of the Middle Ages, through the women written out of it

Engels | 447 pagina's | WH Allen, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, London | 2023

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Kirsten Wolf 24 hours in the Viking world

a day in the life of the people who lived there

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Engels | 271 pagina's | Michael O'Mara Books Limited, London | 2024

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Jacques Le Goff The birth of Europe

Engels | 274 pagina's | Blackwell, Malden, Mass. [etc.] | 2005

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Katherine Harvey The fires of lust

sex in the Middle Ages

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Engels | 296 pagina's | Reaktion, London | 2022

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Peter Heather Christendom

the triumph of a religion

Engels | 704 pagina's | Allen Lane, [London] | 2022

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Christopher De Hamel The posthumous papers of the Manuscripts Club

Engels | 616 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2024

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Violet Moller The map of knowledge

how classical ideas were lost and found: a history in seven cities

Geschiedenis van de kennisoverdracht vanaf de klassieke oudheid tot en met de renaissance in zeven belangrijke steden.

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Engels | 330 pagina's | Picador, London | 2020

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Dan Jones Magna Carta

the making and legacy of the great charter

Geschiedenis van het handvest over vrijheden en rechtspraak dat de Engelse koning Jan zonder Land op 15 juni 1215 ondertekende.

Engels | 191 pagina's | Head of Zeus, London | 2014

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Dan Jones | Jeffrey L. Ward The Templars

the rise and fall of God's holy warriors

The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists

Engels | daisy-rom | Dedicon, Grave | 2019

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Hana Videen The Wordhord

daily life in Old English

Engels | 284 pagina's | Profile Books, London | 2022

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Marion Gibson Witchcraft

a history in thirteen trials

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Engels | 298 pagina's | Simon & Schuster, London | 2023

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