Showing posts with label Medieval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medieval. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Land and Power in Late Medieval Ferrara: The Rule of the Este, 1350-1450 by Trevor Dean




Land and Power in Late Medieval Ferrara: The Rule of the Este, 1350-1450 by Trevor Dean


English | 1 Jan. 1988 | ISBN: 0521331277 | 225 Pages | PDF | 6 MB




Among the many states of late medieval Italy, one stands out for its unfamiliarity to an English audience and for its neglect in historical research: that of the Este family, lords (later Dukes) of the cities of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio in northern Italy. This book is the first modern attempt to provide a detailed analysis of the political structure of this state based on archive sources.










Friday, September 18, 2015

Through a Speculum That Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism by Elliot R. Wolfso




Through a Speculum That Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism by Elliot R. Wolfson


English | 19 Dec. 1994 | ISBN: 0691073430 | 457 Pages | PDF | 6 MB




A comprehensive treatment of visionary experience in some of the main texts of Jewish mysticism, this book reveals the overwhelmingly visual nature of religious experience in Jewish spirituality from antiquity through the late Middle Ages.