1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009757930403321

Autore

Venditti, Arnaldo <1932- >

Titolo

La chiesa di S. Nicola a Nill / Arnaldo Venditti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : L'arte tipografica, 1959

Descrizione fisica

6 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Disciplina

726

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

SEZ.NA M 285

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estr. da: La facoltà di Architettura di Napoli 1929-1959

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784855503321

Titolo

Misconceptions about the Middle Ages / / edited by Stephen J. Harris and Bryon L. Grigsby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2007

ISBN

1-135-98666-5

1-135-98667-3

1-281-10233-4

9786611102333

0-203-93242-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

GrigsbyBryon Lee

HarrisStephen J. <1966->

Disciplina

909.07

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval

Middle Ages

Civilization, Medieval - Historiography

Middle Ages - Historiography

Common fallacies

Europe History Errors, inventions, etc



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I: The Church; 1 Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?; 2 Papal Infallibility; 3 ""The Age of Faith"": Everyone in the Middle Ages Believed in God; 4 Everyone Was an Orthodox Educated Roman Catholic; 5 The Myth of the Virgin Nun; 6 The Medieval Popess; 7 Medieval Monks: Funnier Than You Thought; 8 Medieval Attitudes Toward Muslims and Jews; II: War; 9 The Crusades: Eschatological Lemmings, Younger Sons, Papal Hegemony, and Colonialism; 10 The Myth of the Mounted Knight; III: Science; 11 The Myth of the Flat Earth

12 The Medieval Sense of Self13 The Middle Ages Were a Superstitious Time; 14 The Age Before Reason; 15 Rehabilitating Medieval Medicine; 16 Medical Misconceptions; IV: The Arts; 17 Medieval Cuisine: Hog's Swill or Culinary Art?; 18 What Did Medieval People Eat?; 19 Medieval Drama; 20 Shakespeare Did Not Write in Old English; 21 An Austere Age Without Laughter; 22 King Arthur: The Once and Future Misconception; V: Society; 23 A "Peasants' Revolt"?; 24 The Medieval Sense of History; 25 The Medieval Peasant; 26 Witches and the Myth of the Medieval Burning Times

27 The Medieval Child: An Unknown Phenomenon?28 Were Women Able to Read and Write in the Middle Ages?; 29 Teaching Chaucer in Middle English; 30 The Medieval Chastity Belt Unbuckled; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to ""The Da Vinci Code."" Never has there been a moment more propitious for a study of our misconceptions of the Middle Ages than now. Ranging across religion, art, and science, Misconceptions about the Middle Ages unravels some of the many misinterpretations that have evolved concerning the medieval period, including:the churchwarscienceartsocietyWith an impressive international array of contributions, the book will be essential readi