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Rethinking the Middle Ages
COURSE BOOKS
Series Editors: Paul Edward Dutton and John Shinners
Rethinking the Middle Ages is a series committed to re-examining the Middle Ages – its themes, institutions, people, and
events – with short studies that invite readers to think about that era in new and unusual ways.
I. Seeing Medieval Art
Herbert L. Kessler
How did medieval people see art How
was it made, paid for, and used Why
was it necessary to social activities
With 12 color plates and 54 plates in all,
this book looks at art’s functions and
traces many crucial developments,
including the development of secular art
and historical narrative and the emergence
of individual portraiture.
‘Herbert Kessler’s newest work shows
us better than any other book I know why medieval art matters – and
how our own seeing of it has grown evermore interesting. I urge
experts and general enthusiasts alike to read this book now.’
Peter Low, Williams College
Paper 978-1-5511-1535-1 $32.95 (£17.99) 2004
II. The Story of a Great
Medieval Book
Peter Lombard’s Sentences
Philipp W. Rosemann
Twelfth-century theologian Peter Lombard’s
Book of Sentences, one of the first
Western textbooks of theology, received
the largest number of commentaries
among all works of Christian literature
except for Scripture itself. In this book,
notable Lombard scholar Philipp W.
Rosemann examines the text as a guiding
thread to studying Christian thought throughout the later Middle Ages
and into early modern times.
‘The Story of a Great Medieval Book provides an excellent introduction
not only to the history and textual traditions of commentaries on Peter
Lombard’s Sentences, but also to how such texts were used by
university students and teachers of the late Middle Ages.’
Donna Trembinski, Queen’s University
Paper 978-1-5511-1718-8 $29.95 (£17.99) 2007
III. Rethinking the
School of Chartres
Édouard Jeauneau
Translated by Claude Paul Desmarais
In this brief essay, esteemed medieval
historian Édouard Jeauneau examines a
much debated question in medieval
intellectual history: did the famous
School of Chartres actually exist Deftly
translated by Claude Paul Desmarais,
Rethinking the School of Chartres
provides a narrative that is critical,
passionate, and witty.
‘No one has done more to reveal the riches of twelfth-century
Platonism than Father Édouard Jeauneau. It is a great pleasure to read
this wonderful scholar’s reflections on his long association and deep
affinity with Chartres and its teachers.’
Winthrop Wetherbee III, Cornell University
Paper 978-1-4426-0007-2 $26.95 (£15.99)
Old English Metre
An Introduction
Jun Terasawa
Old English Metre offers an essential framework for
the critical analysis of metrical structures and interpretations
in Old English literature. Jun Terasawa’s
comprehensive introductory text covers the basics of
Old English metre and reviews the current research in
the field, emphasizing the interaction between Old
English metre and components such as wordformation,
word-choice, and grammar.
Each chapter includes exercises and suggestions
for further reading. Appendices provide possible
answers to the exercises, tips for scanning half-lines,
and brief definitions of metrical terms used. Examples
in Old English are provided with literal
modern English translations, with glosses added in
the first three chapters to help beginners.
Jun Terasawa is a professor in the Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo.
‘A serious advance in state-of-the-art research, Old
English Metre is ideally suited to help the largest
possible audience interested in Old English poetry
develop the skills necessary to critically edit and
interpret these works.’
Geoffrey Russom, Brown University
(Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series)
176 pp / 6 x 9 / 2011
Cloth 978-1-4426-4238-6 $45.00 (£31.99)
Paper 978-1-4426-1129-0 $19.95 (£13.99)
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