Introduzione. Jana Howlett - Pt. I: Methodology. 1: Historical anthropology and the science of history. 2: Medieval culture and mentalite according to the new French historiography. 3: Oral and written culture of the Middle Ages: two 'peasant visions' of the late twelfth to the early thirteenth centuries. 4: Perceptions of the individual and the hereafter in the Middle Ages. 5: The west portal of the Church of St Lazare in Autun: the paradoxes of the medieval mind - Pt. II: Case Studies. 6: Saga and history: the 'historical conception' of Snorri Sturluson. 7: The Tale of Thorstein Goose-Pimples, the underworld and Icelandic humour. 8: On heroes, things, gods and laughter in Germanic poetry. 9: Wealth and gift-bestowal among the ancient Scandinavians. 10: Edda and law: commentary on Hyndlolioth. 11: Semantics of the medieval community: 'farmstead', 'land', 'world'. |