Medieval Textual Cultures

Medieval Textual CulturesUnderstanding how medieval textual cultures engaged with the heritage of antiquity (transmission and translation) depends on recognizing that reception is a creative cultural act (transformation). These essays focus on the people, societies and institutions who were doing the transmitting, translating, and transforming the "agents". The subject matter ranges from medicine to astronomy, literature to magic, while the cultural context encompasses

Recently established and anxious to assert its authority

and gender and trinitarian language

have become fodder for drug cartel struggles

Mohr und von Tschirnhaus für Leibniz

with record speed

and what it means to live in a society where such lying

The work navigates the significant polarities that define Goethe's masterpiece—realism and idealism

+ How views about work and family have changed

“This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for

covering the evolution of its art scene

Drawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History

was a form of disguise in itself