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Also of Interest

the AnnAles sChoolAn Intellectual HistoryAndré Burguière

TrAnslATed By JAne MArie Todd Foreword By TiMoThy TAckeTT

“This is a lively and very personal account of the single most influential school of history of our time. André Burguière offers just the right mix of inside infor-mation, careful explanation, and provocative reinterpretation of who and what mattered during the halcyon years of the Annales school.”

—lynn hunT, uclA2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4665-8 | 328 pages | $45.00 $36.00 catalog price

Why FrAnCe?American Historians Reflect on an Enduring FascinationediTed By lAurA lee downs And sTéphAne gerson

AFTerword By roger chArTier

“This eminently readable book is a must-read for all teachers of French civilization.”

—French review

2009 (2006) | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7570-2 | 256 pages | $21.95 $17.56 catalog price

Cover Illustration: Pre-Christian kings and prophets examining codices and looking to the heavens, from the fourteenth-century Austrian manuscript, Losbuch in deutschen Reimpaaren (Cod. S.n. 2652, fol. 2v), Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Photograph copyright ÖNB Vienna.

Featured on the jacket of A Kingdom of Stargazers (see page 10).

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AnGlo-sAXon Artleslie weBsTer

This is the first new introduction to Anglo-Saxon art in twenty-five years and the first book to take account of the 2009 discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard—the largest cache of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, and illustrated with many of the most impres-sive artifacts, it will be the authoritative book on the subject for years to come.

From its first manifestations in the metalwork and ceramics of the early settlers, Anglo-Saxon art displays certain inherent and highly distinctive stylistic and iconographic features. Despite the many new influences that were regularly absorbed and adapted by Anglo-Saxon artists and craftsmen, these characteristics con-tinued to resonate through the centuries in the great manuscripts, ivories, metalwork, and sculpture of this inventive and creative culture. Anglo-Saxon Art—which features 150 color and black-and-white illustrations—is arranged thematically while following a broadly chronological sequence. An introduction highlights the character of Anglo-Saxon art, its leitmotifs, and its underlying continuities. Leslie Webster places this art firmly in its wider cul-tural and political context while also examining the significant conceptual relationship between the visual and literary art of the period. 2011 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7766-9 | 256 pages$29.95 $23.96 catalog price | 140 color illustrations

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Art oF the Celts700 B.C. to A.D. 700ediTed By Felix Müller

“This informative book begins in 700 B.C. with colorful display pot-tery and proceeds through the centuries to book illuminations created in Christian monasteries in the eighth century. This book concentrates on ornamentation as the Celts’ main form of expression: weapons, hel-mets, chariots, pottery, jewelery, and coinage are shown in color and black-and-white photographs.”

—The Globe & Mail (ToronTo)2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4869-0 | 304 pages | $70.00 $56.00 catalog price450 illusTrATions

introdUCtion to MAnUsCriPt stUdiesrAyMond cleMens And TiMoThy grAhAM

“This beautifully illustrated, skillfully organized resource is an ideal survey of the field, valuable for presenting information critical to new students and veteran scholars, for teaching the history and scope of the medieval manu-script.”

—choice

2007 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-8708-8 | 320 pages | $39.95 $31.96 catalog price150 pAges oF ArT, color ThroughouT

sPlendoUr oF the BUrGUndiAn CoUrtCharles the Bold (1433–1477)ediTed By susAn MArTi, Till-holger BorcherT, And gABriele keck

The essays in Splendour of the Burgundian Court—biographies of rul-ers, political history, and analyses of court art—form a comprehensive portrait of the Burgundian court. Its splendid full-color illustrations vividly bring to life both the brilliance and the drama of the epoch.2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4853-9 | 384 pages | $80.00 $64.00 catalog price350 color illusTrATions

Also of Interest

eAtinG BeAUtyThe Eucharist and the Spiritual Arts of the Middle AgesAnn w. AsTell

“This magisterial theo-aesthetic study forges new territory as it historicizes varying medieval interpretations of the eucharistic sacrament in medieval Christianity. Astell’s nuanced Eating Beauty demonstrates in every dimension how the Eucharist yokes the human to the divine in a via pulchritudinis.”

—Bonnie wheeler, souThern MeThodisT universiTy

2006 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4466-1 | 312 pages | $39.95 $31.96 catalog price11 color phoTogrAphs, 1 hAlFTone


general inTeresT

THEGOODWIFE’SGUIDE

Le Ménagier de Paris

A Medieval

Household Book

Translated by

Gina L . Greco &

Christine M. Rose

the Good WiFe’s GUide (le mÉNAGIer De PArIS)A Medieval Household Book

TrAnslATed By ginA l. greco And chrisTine M. rose

“The Good Wife’s Guide is a highly interesting medieval work: this anonymouscompilation of instructive materials drawn from different branches of knowl-edge has all the good qualities of a summa, but it also has controversial mes-sages about a woman’s subservient roles in family and society. Greco and Rose offer not only a modern and integral rendition of the Old French text but also

a reinterpretation of it.”—SPeculuM

2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7474-3 | 384 pages | $24.95 $19.96 catalog price

MerlinKnowledge and Power through the Ages

sTephen knighT

“Stephen Knight’s wide-ranging, thorough, insightful, and comprehensive studyof the fi gure of Merlin should become the standard resource on the well-known wizard. Knight shows real familiarity with the major traditions relating to the fi gure of Merlin and to Arthurian literature in general—which is no mean feat

when covering such a large body of material.”—AlAn lupAck, AuThor oF The oxFord Guide To arThurian

liTeraTure and leGend

2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4365-7 | 296 pages | $27.95 $22.36 catalog price

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roBin hoodA Mythic BiographysTephen knighT

“Knight’s book documents the enormous scope of the myth—revolutionary,reactionary, chivalric, homosexual, patriotic, or whatever the audience will allow, even slapstick. A fi nal mythic trait of Robinalia is its ability to parody

itself.”—arThurian liTeraTure and leGend


Also of Interest

GilGAMesh AMonG UsModern Encounters with the Ancient Epic

Theodore ziolkowski

“Theodore Ziolkowski is immensely learned and has read a staggeringarray of modern publications that somehow or other use Gilgamesh. He is interested to know why the epic evokes such a response and links it to vari-ous movements in the arts and literature, especially in the United States, as

well as to specifi c social conditions in Germany.”—BenJAMin r. FosTer, TrAnslATor oF The

norTon criTicAl ediTion oF The ePic oF GilGaMeSh


2010 Choice Magazine

OutstandingAcademic Title

Winner of theMythopoeic Scholarship

Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies

given by the Mythopoeic Society


Medieval PhilosoPhy

MedievAl PolitiCAl PhilosoPhyA Sourcebook, Second ediTion

ediTed By JoshuA pArens And Joseph c. MAcFArlAnd

Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook, edited by Ralph Lerner and Muhsin Mahdi, has been a classroom standard since its publication in 1963. The new edition, revised and enlarged by Joshua Parens and Joseph C. Macfarland, makes accessible to today’s students the insights of the major medieval thinkers from all three Western monotheistic tra-ditions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Prior to the modern separa-tion of religion from politics, medieval thinkers explored a variety of approaches to the relation between religion and politics—approaches still relevant in a world divided over how best to relate the two.2011 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7681-5 | 424 pages | $29.95 $23.96 catalog priceAgorA ediTions

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AQUinAs’s MorAl theoryEssays in Honor of Norman KretzmannedTed By scoTT MAcdonAld And eleonore sTuMp

“The volume demonstrates the truth of two of Kretzmann’s most deeply heldbeliefs about medieval philosophy: that philosophers today can still profit from care-ful study of Aquinas and that, despite the excellent work already being done in this field, there is much more work to be done.”

—Journal oF The hiSTory oF PhiloSoPhy


Table of ConTenTs

ParT i—PoliTiCal PhilosoPhy in islaM, ediTed by Joshua Parens

1. Alfarabi, The Enumeration of the Sciences; 2. Alfarabi, The Book of Religion; 3. Alfarabi, The Political Re-gime; 4. Alfarabi, The Attainment of Happiness; 5. Alfarabi, Plato’s Laws; 6. Avicenna, On the Divisions of the Rational Sciences; 7. Avicenna, Healing: Metaphysics; 8. Alghazali, The Deliverer from Error; 9. Ibn Bajja, The Governance of the Solitary; 10. Ibn Tufayl, Hayy the Son of Yaqzan; 11. Averroes, The Decisive Treatise

ParT ii—PoliTiCal PhilosoPhy in JudaisM, ediTed by Joshua Parens

12. Saadya Gaon, The Book of Doctrines and Beliefs; 13. Judah Halevi, The Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion, or, The Kuzari; 14. Maimonides, Logic; 15. Maimonides, The Guide of the Per-plexed; 16. Maimonides, Eight Chapters; 17. Maimonides, Letter on Astrology; 18. Isaac Polgar, The Support of Religion; 19. Abravanel, Commentary on the Bible

ParT iii—PoliTiCal PhilosoPhy in ChrisTianiTy, ediTed by Joshua Parens

20. Roger Bacon, Opus Maius: Moral Philosophy; 21. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics; 22. Thomas Aquinas and Peter of Auvergne, Commentary on the Politics; 23. Boethius of Dacia, On the Supreme Good; 24. Condemnation of 219 Propositions; 25. Giles of Rome, On Ecclesiastical Power; 26. Ptolemy of Lucca, On the Government of Rulers; 27. Dante Alighieri, Monarchy; 28. Marsilius of Padua, The Defender of the Peace; 29. William of Ockham, The Dialogue


early Middle ages

WoMen And AristoCrAtiC CUltUre in the CArolinGiAn World

vAlerie l. gArver

“This fascinating book should appeal to medievalists in all fields, particularly thoseinterested in gender history and art history. Valerie L. Garver successfully argues that women played fundamental roles in defining and transmitting aristocratic cul-

ture in the period from c. 700 to 925.”—JAne schulenBurg, AuThor oF ForGeTFul oF Their Sex


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strUGGle For eMPireKingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817–876

eric J. goldBerg

“A highly readable and well-illustrated account of an important stage of the early Middle Ages.”—aMerican hiSTorical review

2009 (2006) | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7529-0 | 416 pages | $27.95 $22.36 catalog priceconJuncTions oF religion And power in The MedievAl pAsT

the divorCe oF lothAr iiChristian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World

kArl heidecker

TrAnslATed By TAnis M. guesT

“This is a solid analysis of an intriguing episode in Late Carolingian history that not only examines the juridical aspects of the case but also pays much attention to realpo-litik. In Heidecker’s lucid treatment, the ninth-century scandal becomes a fascinating

study of family dynamics, changing mental attitudes, and Carolingian reform”—wAlTer siMons, dArTMouTh college

2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-3929-2 | 240 pages | $45.00 $36.00 catalog priceconJuncTions oF religion And power in The MedievAl pAsT

New in Paperback

eMotionAl CoMMUnities in the eArly Middle AGes

BArBArA h. rosenwein

“Historians have always been puzzled by medieval descriptions of emotions. They interpreted them in simplistic terms, or at best explained displays of emotion as ritual performances quite unconnected to what people really felt. Rosenwein, using recent psychological theory, opens doors to a completely new understanding of past emotions.”

—wAlTer pohl, universiTy oF viennA


Back in Print

the PeACe oF GodSocial Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000

ediTed By ThoMAs heAd And richArd lAndes

During the dissolution of the former Carolingian Empire, warfare and plunderwent unchecked. An innovative response to this violence was the Church-led initia-tive known as the Peace of God, perhaps history’s earliest mass peace movement. In the thirteen essays collected here, leading scholars consider key aspects of the move-

ment and episodes in its history. 1992 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-8021-8 | 384 pages | $24.95 $19.96 catalog price


Medieval franCe

Out Of lOve fOr my kin Aristocrat ic family life in the lands of the loire, 1000–1200

A m y L i v i ngs ton e

the serF, the KniGht, And the historiAndoMinique BArThéleMy

TrAnslATed By grAhAM roBerT edwArds

“Dominique Barthélemy’s willingness to challenge received opinion marks an im-portant contribution which all those interested in medieval France at a critical period will find stimulating.”

—TiMeS liTerary SuPPleMenT


oUt oF love For My KinAristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the Loire, 1000–1200AMy livingsTone

“Amy Livingstone has addressed a central question about medieval family structure. Out of Love for My Kin is clearly based on an intimate knowledge of an enormous amount of primary information—to the extent that she often appears personally ac-quainted with the families discussed—and she is up to date on the vast modern lit-erature as well.”

—consTAnce BriTTAin BouchArd, universiTy oF Akron


New in Paperback

BeGGinG PArdon And FAvorRitual and Political Order in Early Medieval FrancegeoFFrey koziol

“Begging Pardon and Favor is immensely well informed, reasoned, insightful, and stimulating.”

—SPeculuM


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holy entrePreneUrsCistercians, Knights, and Economic Exchange in Twelfth-Century BurgundyconsTAnce BriTTAin BouchArd

“In addition to being an important revisionist study of Burgundian Cistercianeconomic practices, this clear book is an excellent brief introduction for anyone wish-ing to understand twelfth-century charters and cartularies.”

—aMerican hiSTorical review


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sWord, Miter, And CloisterNobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198consTAnce BriTTAin BouchArd

In Sword, Miter, and Cloister, Constance Brittain Bouchard provides a fresh perspective on social and ecclesiastical life in the High Middle Ages. Drawing on a vast range of primary sources, she reveals the surprisingly close relationship between the nobility and reformed monasteries in Burgundy.2009 (1987) | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7526-9 | 464 pages | $35.00 $28.00 catalog price


Medieval franCe

the holy BUreAUCrAtEudes Rigaud and Religious Reform in Thirteenth-Century Normandy

AdAM J. dAvis

“Davis has come as close to writing the biography of a thirteenth-century bishopas is achievable. A very fi ne study, more scholarly though not less fascinating than

Le Roy Ladurie’s Montaillou, and deserving just as wide a readership.”—bioGraPhy


New in Paperback

the MAKinG oF sAint loUisKingship, Sanctity, and Crusade in the Later Middle Ages

M. ceciliA gAposchkin

“This elegant and thoroughly researched book makes a signifi cant contributionto our understanding of late medieval sanctity, the relationship between sanctity and kingship, and the way that sermons, liturgy, and hagiography shaped the construc-

tion of memory.”—aMerican hiSTorical review


CreAtinG CisterCiAn nUnsThe Women’s Religious Movement and Its Reform in

Thirteenth-Century ChampagneAnne e. lesTer

“In Creating Cistercian Nuns, Anne E. Lester makes a number of important and compelling arguments that will change our views of the relationship between the Cistercian order and women in the thirteenth century, the institutional shape and function of Cistercian nunneries, and the range of institutional responses to the urge

to live the apostolic life in thirteenth-century France.”—shAron FArMer, AuThor oF SurvivinG PoverTy in Medieval PariS


Now Available from Cornell with a New Introduction

FriendshiP And CoMMUnityThe Monastic Experience, 350–1250

BriAn pATrick Mcguire

“McGuire shows the development of medieval ideals of friendship and communityfrom antiquity to the high Middle Ages. Current interest on the topic is high, in

large part due to McGuire’s book.”—c. sTephen JAeger, universiTy oF illinois AT urBAnA-chAMpAign


so GreAt A liGht, so GreAt A sMoKeThe Beguin Heretics of Languedoc

louisA A. BurnhAM

“This book is an incredibly thorough piece of work, immensely readable, and stuffed with fascinating stories. I particularly like the fact that Louisa A. Burnham

solved a couple of age-old mysteries during the course of her research.”—cATherine Jinks, AuThor oF The SecreT FaMiliar


Honorable Mention, 2008 James P. Hanlan

Book Award given by the New England Historical

Association

alSo oF inTereST


Medieval franCe

GUillAUMe de MAChAUtSecretary, Poet, MusicianelizABeTh evA leAch

“This must be the best, and is surely the fi rst really complete, treatment of Machaut,the fi rst to treat him as poet and musician and courtier and show why it’s important to do so. I have never read anything that did nearly so good a job of showing how musical and poetic language interact.”

—winThrop weTherBee, cornell universiTy


Also of Interest

sUnG BirdsMusic, Nature, and Poetry in the Later Middle AgeselizABeTh evA leAch

“This is a fi ne book and is useful for bringing the technical skills of the medievalmusicologist to bear on issues important to any historian of medieval court life and the complex interplay between orality and literacy.”



sACred FollyA New History of the Feast of FoolsMAx hArris

“In this bracingly revisionist book, Max Harris overturns long-held assump-tions about the nature and functions of the Feast of Fools. Denounced by fi fteenth-century French theologians as a wanton and ungodly rite, the Feast of Fools was in reality, as Harris shows, a reverential, not a rowdy, holiday.”

—clAire sponsler, universiTy oF iowA


KnoWinG PoetryVerse in Medieval France from the Rose to the RhétoriqueursAdriAn ArMsTrong And sArAh kAy

“Does verse convey a different kind of knowledge than prose in the later Middle Ages? Yes and no, according to the authors of this erudite and entertaining book. Verse can convey knowledge as profound as does prose, but it does so differently: verse links the quest for knowledge to orality, performance, and personifi cations and thus invites its readers to engage in a different kind of epistemology: ‘verse’s ways of knowing.’”—renATe BluMenFeld-kosinski, universiTy oF piTTsBurgh


A CoMMon stAGeTheater and Public Life in Medieval ArrascArol syMes

• Winner of the 2008 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize given by the American Historical Association

• Winner of the David Pinkney Prize given by the Society for French Historical Studies

• Winner of the 2008 David Bevington Award for Best New Book in Early Drama Studies given by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society2007 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4581-1 | 376 pages | $49.95 $39.96 catalog price

Studies

Winner of the John Nicholas Brown Prize given by the Medieval

Academy


Medieval euroPe and The near easT

eneMies And FAMiliArsSlavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia

deBrA BluMenThAl

“Enemies and Familiars is a terrifi c piece of work that provides complete and bold newvistas on the lives of slaves during the transition to modernity and on the eve of the Atlantic slave trade. I have seldom seen a book with such a wealth of truly interesting

material, nor have I often seen such evidence so artfully used.”—TeoFilo F. ruiz, uclA


New in Paperback

the sePhArdiC FrontierThe Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia

JonAThAn rAy

“Ray’s book fi rmly places the Jewish communities that he studies in a medieval Span-ish setting and, as such, reduces the ‘background noise’ generated by the ultimate fate of these settlements in 1492 and of their European successors in the twentieth cen-tury. By this very feat, Ray’s book qualifi es as a truly remarkable accomplishment.”

—SPeculuM


idols in the eAstEuropean Representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100–1450

suzAnne conklin AkBAri

“Idols in the East makes clear how wide a range of evidence there is for a discourseof medieval Orientalism and how such a discourse might be understood in the present.”

—iAin MAcleod higgins, universiTy oF vicToriA


Winner of the 2010 Premio Del Rey given by the

American Historical Association

Cowinner of the 2010 John

Nicholas Brown Prize given by the

Medieval Academy of America

heresy And the PolitiCs oF CoMMUnityThe Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate

MArinA rusTow

“By integrating Jewish and Islamic history into a seamless whole, Rustow illumi-nates both fi elds and thereby fully engages the scholarly discipline of history rather than occupying its margins. This book is one of the most accomplished syntheses of Geniza sources available, building upon the pivotal work of S. D. Goitein, who tried

to study medieval Jewish history in all its dimensions, especially the social.”—aMerican hiSTorical review


Winner of the 2008 Salo W. Baron Prize given by the American

Academy for Jewish Research

PAssion And orderRestraint of Grief in the Medieval Italian Communes

cArol lAnsing

“This is a bold and generous book. Carol Lansing addresses central historical issuesin this wide-ranging and immensely stimulating cultural history of the expression of grief in medieval Italian cities. Her learned and thoughtful exposition will engage

both experts and students alike. ”—MAureen c. Miller, universiTy oF cAliForniA, Berkeley


Winner of the 2008

Howard R. Marraro Prize given by the American Catholic

Historical Association


aPoCalyPTiCisM, asTrology, MagiC, and The oCCulT

A KinGdoM oF stArGAzersAstrology and Authority in the Late Medieval Crown of AragonMichAel A. ryAn

“A Kingdom of Stargazers affords a welcome glimpse into the ambiguous positionof astrology, magic, prophecy, and divination in the royal court of Aragon in the later Middle Ages.”

—lAurA AckerMAn sMoller, AuThor oF hiSTory, ProPhecy, and The STarS


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disCerninG sPiritsDivine and Demonic Possession in the Middle AgesnAncy cAciolA

“The groundbreaking work on exorcism manuals and the impressive rangeof sources handled throughout the book are particularly noteworthy. More-over, the striking visual evidence is clearly presented, lucidly analyzed, and tightly interwoven with the rest of the argument.”

—SPeculuM

2006 (2003) | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7334-0 | 352 pages | $22.95 $18.36 catalog priceconJuncTions oF religion And power in The MedievAl pAsT

Back in Print—Now Available in Paperback from Cornell

the PoWers oF ProPheCyThe Cedar of Lebanon Vision from the Mongol Onslaught to the Dawn of the EnlightenmentroBerT e. lerner

“This is an important book for anyone who wishes to understand better the late medieval mind, who is fascinated by popular history, and for those who study the history of eschatology. It is also a book to be enjoyed by the serious scholar as well as by the general reader as it offers stimulating insights into the human mentality.”



A Backlist Favorite

the APoCAlyPse in the Middle AGesediTed By richArd k. eMMerson And BernArd Mcginn

This richly interdisciplinary collection of seventeen eesays by an impressive array of medievalists offers an overview of the influence of the Apocalypse on the shaping of the Christian culture of the Middle Ages. Each one fo-cuses on some aspect of John’s great visionary text, specifically analyzing its interpretation, representation, and manipulation in medieval culture, his-tory, religion, art, and literature.1993 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-9550-2 | 448 pages | $34.95 $27.96 catalog price


aPoCalyPTiCisM, asTrology, MagiC, and The oCCulT

New in Paperback

the seCret history oF herMes trisMeGistUsHermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times

FloriAn eBeling

TrAnslATed By dAvid lorTon

Foreword By JAn AssMAnn

“The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus skillfully introduces the reader to the many gods, philosophers, scholars, and authors who comprise the Her-metic tradition. In this excellent book Florian Ebeling makes accessible a rich chapter of intellectual history, hitherto basically the preserve of a small group of specialists.”—richArd JAsnow, The Johns hopkins universiTy


the oCCUlt MindMagic in Theory and Practice

chrisTopher i. lehrich

“This book is an intriguing hermeneutical analysis of magical consciousness that provides insight into the logic and internal meaning of occult traditions and

texts, while illuminating the thought of seminal scholars of religion.”—choice


PythAGorAsHis Life, Teaching, and Influence

chrisToph riedweg

TrAnslATed By sTeven rendAll

“Christoph Riedweg fully treats the archaic school or cult founded byPythagoras. He gives a rich picture of Pythagoras as a figure of legend, with abundant details from the Neoplatonist ‘Lives’ of Pythagoras, including many

supernatural exploits and edifying stories.”—chArles h. kAhn, AuThor oF PyThaGoraS and The PyThaGoreanS


MeAsUrinG heAvenPythagoras and His Influence on Thought and

Art in Antiquity and the Middle AgeschrisTiAne l. JoosT-gAugier

“Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier offers a comprehensive survey of the bio-graphical fragments, legends, and myths around the life of Pythagoras and impressively compiles early interpretations of Pythagorean philosophy and the

web of influence Pythagoreanism has had on Western philosophy,culture, science, and art. Well written and useful to many disciplines,

Measuring Heaven is an invaluable resource.”—Arielle sAiBer, Bowdoin college



islandiCa: a series in iCelandiC and norse sTudiesPublished by Cornell universiTy library and disTribuTed by Cornell universiTy Press

“sPeAK UseFUl Words or sAy nothinG”Old Norse StudiesJoseph hArris

ediTed By susAn e. deskis And ThoMAs d. hill

This selection by Susan E. Deskis and Thomas D. Hill of twelve of Joseph Harris’smost important essays underscores the range of his work from critical readings of canonical texts to philological elucidation of Old Norse and Old English literary works to discussions of larger theoretical issues such as oral theory.2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-935995-13-8 | 264 pages | $29.95 $23.96 catalog price

neW norse stUdiesJeFFrey Turco

New Norse Studies features thirteen original contributions on medieval Icelandic literature and society by an international constellation of established and emerging voices in the field. Topics include Norse mythology; skal-dic poetics; the proverb, ballad, and exemplum; Biblical typology and saga narrative; psychological, postcolo-nial, and gender-studies approaches to medieval Icelandic literature; and the Latin background of saga-writing. 2011 | Paper ISBN 978-0-935995-23-7 | 250 pages | $29.95 $23.96 catalog price

WordMonGersManuscript Culture in the Age of Print and the Case of Nineteenth-Century IcelanddAvid olAFsson

This book is a study of manuscript and scribal culture in the age of print. While the first part explores theflourishing scholarship of post-medieval scribal culture in Europe and beyond during the last generation and advocates a radical revision of traditional dichotomies in favor of more complex paradigms, the second part focuses on literary and scribal culture in nineteenth-century Iceland, both the societal framework of textual creation and consumption and the specific case of the farmer, fisherman, and scribe Sighvatur Grímsson (1840–1930) and his cultural environment. 2011 | Paper ISBN 978-0-935995-11-4 | 250 pages | $29.95 $23.96 catalog price

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