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Heavenward Gaze, Earthly Ambitions: The Political Commentary of the Vercelli Map's Ostrich

Francie who rides an ostrich on top of a mountain in North Africa. The choice of an ostrich as King Philip III's mount on the Vercelli Mappa Mundi offers a unique intersection of religiosity and political ... : after MSI Processing by Helen Davies. Data collected by the Lazarus Project. demonstrates the map’s awareness of larger geopolitics and a potentially aspirational political hegemony. The pedagogical

Walking with Helena: An Examination of a Gendered Model for Women and Medieval Pilgrimage in Northern Spain

the life of Christ, and the political control of a Christian Holy Land connecting Jerusalem to the whole of Europe. Amongst the complex iconography and ministerial metaphors are recognizable motifs of ... authenticate her relics in Hautvillers that had been recovered around 840. These claims were later reiterated in the 12th-century Gesta Trevorum.21 It was these political literary maneuvers that strengthened

How Infallibilists Can Have It All

agent S has to a fact P that makes P certain for S. I do not take a stand here on precisely what facts we can apprehend. This will largely depend on the outcomes of debates in the philosophy of mind and ... philosophy of mind and perception will differ on what kinds of factors are mentally accessible in this way. In section 1, I developed the concept of apprehension in a way that remains neutral on these debates

Medieval Poison Ring Used for Political Murders

unearthed a 14th-century medieval bronze ring that might have been used for political murders some 700 years ago. Found at the site of a former medieval fortress in Cape Kaliakra, not far from the Black Sea

Review: Cleaver, Laura, Alixe Bovey, and Lucy Donkin, eds. Illuminating the Middle Ages: Tributes to Prof. John Lowden from his Students, Friends and Colleagues

, Patricia Stirnemann and Judith Kogel, “A Portrait of Abraham Ibn Ezra (Paris, Bibliotheque de la Arsenal MS. 1186).” Aristotelian philosophy, and representations of Aristotle in manuscript illuminations ... program and illuminated manuscripts. Even if one is not familiar with the political machinations of Norman Sicily, Takiguchi provides the necessary historical background to make her analysis of the Monreale

The Impossibility of Conservatism? Insights from Russian History

in the Tsarist period to show that if they live in times of great hardship, or under arbitrary political rule, political actors and thinkers with conservative sympathies (such as respect for tradition ... developing conservative political philosophy, other parts of history where conservatism?s problems have emerged and have a recognizable connection with the situation today remain of great interest. In

Proxy over Pilgrimage: Queen Eleanor of Castile and the Celebration of Crusade upon her Funerary Monument(s)

, Women and Saints in Late Medieval Europe (London, 2002), pp. 86-100. political élite, rather than a broad corpus of the population – perhaps because St Edward was an unusual saint, having been a king

A forgotten Dominican Monastery in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Ruined Site ‘in contrata de Morfi’ in Famagusta, Cyprus

especially during the political turmoil of the late 14th and early 15th century. We will content ourselves here with briefly summing up the evidence presented by Mersch.43 A Clarisse church was under

Interpreting political image of Donald Tsang in alternative media

This paper introduces and examines four cases in relation to the political image and perception of Donald Tsang covering different Internet platforms, namely YouTube, Facebook group, Wikipedia and ... , producing and dissimilating sub-culture, forging an alliance with various organizations, participating actively the political process, and facilitating the identity formation for such participants (Pini

Medieval Representations of St Margaret of Antioch and St Nicholas of Myra in English Parish Churches: Sacramental Associations and the Construction of a Christian Communal Identity

and opposition to evil. In their visual narratives, their rejection of other faiths and by implication, heterodoxy, was emphasised, just as 13th-century religious and political culture presented Jewish

Review of Elina Gertsman, The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books

Aristotelian natural philosophy. Indeed, in 197 1210, the provincial synod of Laon forbade the teaching of Aristotle’s works, and by 1231, Pope Gregory IX ordered that Aristotelian works on science and ... philosophy should be rid of their heretical errors. Particularly compelling is Gertsman’s observation that the existence of nihil in intellectual debates coincides directly with an increase of images of

後現代主義

Pragmatics of Communication ,Cambridge: MIT Press. Jürgen Habermas , 1995 , “ Reconciliation through the Public Use of Reason: Remarks on John Rawls's Political Liberalism” , Journal of Philosophy , Vol. 92 ... philosophy in Lyotard and Harbermas”,Philosophy & 27 Stanley Raffel, Habermas, Lyotard and the Concept of Justice(London: MACMILLAN PRESS,1992), pp86. 28 我們採用亞里斯多德所下的正義的解釋性定義,正義是「交往行為」上的總體德性。亞里斯多德 著,《尼各馬可倫理學

Review of Sonja Drimmer, The Art of Allusion Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403-1476

simply “intertextuality,” but rather considers how illuminators drew on a variety of cultural idioms in order to produce new ideas about English vernacular authorship, book production, and even political ... -promotion through self-abnegation” (16). “Part III: Histories” extends this argument by exploring the broader political consequences of limners’ choices within Gower and Lydgate’s manuscripts in the second

The Welles Personal Collar: Evidence of a Unique Personal Collar Worn During the Fifteenth-Century Civil War in England

political—to represent his subjective amalgamation of affiliations.5 The unique personal collars around his and his wife’s necks, the focus of this article, makes up only a piece of the identity politics on ... his allegiance to the Lancastrian political community.8 Since those who owned collars of esses could attach family emblems or other personal pendants to their livery collars, it is more probable that

Appendix VI The Red King and the White Queen

anonymously in Kassel, supposedly from a society of only eight celibate males begun by Rosenkreuz (who lived to 106) in 1378 pursuing philosophy and alchemy, who would seek to replace any member who died. Their

Review of The Edinburgh Companion to Sidonius Apollinaris, Gavin Kelly and Joop van Waarden, editors

, from examinations of the manuscript tradition and problems confronting editors to analyses of the social, political, and literary context and studies in later reception. It is particularly pleasing to ... the political context Joop van Waarden, ‘Sidonius’ Life in Photo Negative’, and Michael Kulikowski, ‘Sidonius’ Political World’.) This political and cultural context is crucial for understanding what

Review of Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City

religious-political triangulation of Bologna, Avignon, and Rome vis-à-vis Papal Legate Bertrand du Pouget (1327–34). Focusing on narrative painting, the essay opens with a passage from Canzoniere by Petrarch ... and it is fitting that this last essay should be an exploration of law and religion as these were two of the most important topics studied and taught at the University. The art reflects the political

論「六四悼念晚會」: 不悲哀的哀悼與消失的歷史

:時報文化出版企業:2010)的第一章及第十一章 [9] 對尼采的「主動忘記」及「濫用歷史」分析主要參考 Werner J. Dannhauser 的 “Friedrich Nietzsche" , Leo Strauss 與 Joseph Cropsey 編 , History of Political Philosophy (3rd Ed.), (US, The University of ... Strauss 與 Joseph Cropsey 編,History of Political Philosophy (3rd Ed.), (US, The University of Chicago, 1987) [12] Judith Butler. Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence. (Verso, 2004). pp. 33. 參

A Crown of Flesh, Sound, and Light. Savonarola’s Animated Gift for the Virgin Mary

Compendium revelationum del Savonarola: testo italiano e testo latino,” La Bibliofilia 2 (1972): 165–177. book enjoyed was probably due to the unique text, a blend of religious and political thoughts ... of hearts, indeed the true protagonist of the story.8 In fact, in no other text by Savonarola a political and religious message is supported by such enthralling a narration—partially mirroring St

Introduction

that there is an uninterrupted tradition from the age of humanism and the Renaissance to today. Focusing on political philosophy has led Karen Green to trace women’s argu ments for their status as the ... topic which is, of course, of considerable contemporary interest. Three papers extend our knowledge of the moral and political philosophy developed by women. Jacqueline Broad offers the first extended