The following text field will produce suggestions that follow it as you type.

Loading Inventory...

Barnes and Noble

Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society

Current price: $177.99
Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society
Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society

Barnes and Noble

Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society

Current price: $177.99
Loading Inventory...

Size: OS

Visit retailer's website
*Product Information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, and additional information please contact Barnes and Noble
Medievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context.
Authorities in the Middle Ages
offers answers to this thorny issue through specialized investigations.
This book considers the concept of authority and explores the various practices of creating authority in medieval society. In their studies sixteen scholars investigate the definition, formation, establishment, maintenance, and collapse of what we understand in terms of medieval struggles for authority, influence and power. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume resonates with the multi-faceted field of medieval culture, its social structures, and forms of communication. The fields of expertise include history, legal studies, theology, philosophy, politics, literature and art history.
The scope of inquiry extends from late antiquity to the mid-fifteenth century, from the Church Fathers debating with pagans to the rapacious ghosts ruining the life of the living in the Sagas. There is a special emphasis on such exciting but understudied areas as the Balkans, Iceland and the eastern fringes of Scandinavia.

More About Barnes and Noble at MarketFair Shoppes

Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

Powered by Adeptmind