Nature, Virtue, and the Boundaries of Encyclopedic Knowledge: The Tropological Universe of Alexander Neckam (1157-1217) (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 13) 9782503549583, 2503549586

Can - and should - an encyclopaedia be a repository of all knowledge? Does the idea of total encyclopaedic knowledge con

211 79 2MB

English Pages 285 [301]

Nature, Virtue, and the Boundaries of Encyclopedic Knowledge: The Tropological Universe of Alexander Neckam (1157-1217) (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 13)
9782503549583, 2503549586

Author / Uploaded
Tomas Zahora

0 0 0
Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up

File loading please wait...

Recommend Papers

Poland, Holy War, and the Piast Monarchy, 1100-1230 (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 14) 9782503547947, 250354794X

The twelfth-century rulers of Poland took an active role in holy wars in the Baltic, the last bastion of paganism in Eur

158 23 3MB Read more

Convent Networks in Early Modern Italy (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 25) 9782503586076, 2503586074

The walls of early modern convents suggested the existence of absolute conditions that seldom existed in reality. While

158 41 4MB Read more

Gendered Identities in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons on the Song of Songs: Performing the Bride (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 15) 9782503550039, 2503550037

In this analysis of Bernard of Clairvaux's famous Sermons on the Song of Songs, gendered imagery is treated, for th

161 61 3MB Read more

Infanticide, Secular Justice, and Religious Debate in Early Modern Europe (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 10) 9782503531748, 2503531741

On 5 December 1709, in Bologna, Lucia Cremonini is accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her newborn son. This trag

146 11 2MB Read more

Faith's Boundaries: Laity and Clergy in Early Modern Confraternities (Europa Sacra) 9782503538938, 2503538932

Who owns the spaces of religion? Does the question matter, or even make sense? Modern distinctions between sacred and se

152 85 3MB Read more

The Memory and Motivation of Jan Hus, Medieval Priest and Martyr (Europa Sacra, 11) 9782503544427, 2503544428

Jan Hus (1371-1415) gave his name to a social and religious revolution which captured the attention of Europe. The centr

151 62 1MB Read more

The Tribunal of Zaragoza and Crypto-Judaism 1484-1515 (EUROPA SACRA) 9782503524726, 2503524729

Since the opening of the Inquisition's archives in Spain in the nineteenth century, historians and anthropologists

152 96 2MB Read more

Studies on Florence and the Italian Renaissance in Honour of F.W. Kent (Europa Sacra) 9782503552767, 2503552765

This volume honours F.W. (Bill) Kent (1942-2010), internationally renowned scholar of Renaissance Florence and founding

153 90 5MB Read more

Eschatology In The Work Of Jan Hus (27) (Europa Sacra) 9782503593050, 2503593054

This study provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of Hus's ideas on the last things as they are presented

156 22 4MB Read more

Witchcraft, Superstition, and Observant Franciscan Preachers: Pastoral Approach and Intellectual Debate in Renaissance Milan (Europa Sacra) (Europa Sacra, 18) 9782503549194, 2503549195

This book offers a new and innovative approach to the study of magic and witchcraft in Italy between the late Middle Age

156 99 3MB Read more