Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration (Pinto Karen C.)(Pevná vazba)

Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration (Pinto Karen C.)(Pevná vazba)

Hundreds of exceptional cartographic images are scattered throughout medieval and early modern Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscript collections. The plethora of copies created around the Islamic world over the course of eight centuries testifies to the enduring importance of these medieval

City Quitters: An Exploration of Post-Urban Life (Rosenkranz Karen)(Pevná vazba)

Islamic Maps (Rapoport Yossef)(Pevná vazba)

Spanning the Islamic world, from ninth-century Baghdad to nineteenth-century Iran, this book tells the story of Islamic cartography and the key Muslim map-makers who shaped the art over the centuries. Muslim geographers like al-Khwārazmī and al-Idrīsī developed distinctive styles, often based

Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West (Kreiner Jamie)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of life in the early medieval West, using pigs as a lens to investigate agriculture, ecology, economy, and philosophy From North Africa to the British Isles, pigs were a crucial part of agriculture and culture in the early medieval period. Jamie Kreiner examines how this ubiquitous

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval World (de Hamel Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts (Rabb Intisar A.)(Pevná vazba)

This book presents an in-depth exploration of the administration of justice during Islam's founding period, 632-1250 CE. Inspired by the scholarship of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and composed in his honor, this volume brings together ten leading scholars of Islamic law to examine the history of early

The Medieval Household: Daily Living C.1150-C.1450 (Egan Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Catalogue of excavated household items from the middle ages provides an invaluable reference tool for experts and the general reader alike. This book brings together for the first time the astonishing diversity of excavated furnishings and artefacts from medieval London homes. These include roofing

Culinary Recipes of Medieval England (Hieatt Constance)(Pevná vazba)

- An epitomy of all surviving English medieval recipes - The great advantage for students of medieval English cookery is that there is an identifiable corpus of evidence in the manuscripts that have survived to the present day. Although there may be some new discoveries, in general terms the corpus

The Making of Salafism: Islamic Reform in the Twentieth Century (Lauzire Henri)(Pevná vazba)

Some Islamic scholars hold that Salafism is an innovative and rationalist effort at Islamic reform that emerged in the late nineteenth century but gradually disappeared in the mid twentieth. Others argue Salafism is an anti-innovative and antirationalist movement of Islamic purism that dates back

The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art (Dalal Radha)(Pevná vazba)

An international group of scholars and curators addresses mobility's effects on Islamic art, with a global range of studies from Islam's 1st century to

Pedagogy in Islamic Education: The Madrasah Context (Hardaker Glenn)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides an understanding of pedagogy rooted in the developments of Islamic Education. It is the first book to explore this in the Madrasah context. The focus on Islamic pedagogy provides a way to explore knowledge, spirituality and education that is shaped by a universal approach to

Golden Atlas - The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps (Brooke-Hitching Edward)(Pevná vazba)

A spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, stunningly illustrated throughout with some of the most beautiful maps ever

Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe (Bynum Caroline Walker)(Pevná vazba)

From an acclaimed historian, a mesmerizing account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objectsBetween the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, European Christians used in worship a plethora of objects, not only prayer books, statues, and paintings but also

Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe (Gray Theodore)(Pevná vazba)

Temples of Deccan India: Hindu and Jain, 7th to 13th Centuries (Michell George)(Pevná vazba)

A visual exploration of the Deccan Indian architectural history. Contains maps guiding would-be travellers to these temple

Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course (Gilchrist Roberta)(Pevná vazba)

An important and timely volume... an elegant summary of complex theory, and synthesis of an impressive body of material. It will be eagerly read by current and future generations of archaeologists, and will demonstrate the significance of historical archaeology to a much wider scholarly audience

Medieval Bruges: C. 850-1550 (Brown Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

This 'total' history of one of the most important cities in medieval Europe traces Bruges' astonishing growth and subsequent decline. By placing the city within a wider network of urban and rural development and in a comparative framework, the authors offer new insights into the nature of a

Abandoned Castles (Connolly Kieron)(Pevná vazba)

An ancient hilltop fortress. A crusader citadel in the West Bank. A fairytale medieval castle fallen into ruin. From ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century, Abandoned Castles explores more than 100 forts, castles and defensive strongholds from all around the globe. From medieval

The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570 (Christiansen Keith)(Pevná vazba)

Portraits, an inherently personal subject, provide an engaging entry point to an exploration of the politics, patronage, and power in Renaissance Florence The Medici family ruled Florence without interruption between 1434 and 1494, but following their return to power in 1512, Cosimo I de' Medici

Collins Children's Picture Atlas (Collins Maps)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated picture atlas designed to take children on an exciting journey around the world.The atlas opens with the continents, then presents a world view of countries before exploring deeper into each country and the exciting places to visit within each. - The maps are clear,

Minecraft Maps - An Explorer's Guide to Minecraft (Mojang AB)(Pevná vazba)

Are you ready for an adventure? Explore the mysterious world of Minecraft through highly-detailed maps of every

Young Rembrandt - A Biography (Blom Onno)(Pevná vazba)

An immersive exploration of the little-known story of Rembrandt's formative

Texture - 20 Timeless Garments Exploring Knit, Yarn & Stitch (Knight Erika)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of knitting through the

Consolation in Medieval Narrative: Augustinian Authority and Open Form (Schrock C.)(Pevná vazba)

Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Abelard, and Langland often overlaid personal story and sacred history to produce a distinct narrative form. The first of its kind, this study traces this widely used narrative tradition to Augustine's two great histories: Confessions and City of God