Heather Webb
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300153934
- eISBN:
- 9780300153941
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300153934.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This book studies medieval notions of the heart to explore the “lost circulations” of an era when individual lives and bodies were defined by their extensions into the world rather than as ...
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This book studies medieval notions of the heart to explore the “lost circulations” of an era when individual lives and bodies were defined by their extensions into the world rather than as self-perpetuating, self-limited entities. Drawing from the works of Dante, Catherine of Siena, Boccaccio, Aquinas, and Cavalcanti, as well as other literary, philosophic, and scientific texts, the book reveals medieval answers to such fundamental questions as: Where is life located? Of what does it consist? Where does it begin? How does it end? Against the modern idea of the isolated self, the medieval heart provides a model for rethinking the body's relationship to the world it inhabits.Less
This book studies medieval notions of the heart to explore the “lost circulations” of an era when individual lives and bodies were defined by their extensions into the world rather than as self-perpetuating, self-limited entities. Drawing from the works of Dante, Catherine of Siena, Boccaccio, Aquinas, and Cavalcanti, as well as other literary, philosophic, and scientific texts, the book reveals medieval answers to such fundamental questions as: Where is life located? Of what does it consist? Where does it begin? How does it end? Against the modern idea of the isolated self, the medieval heart provides a model for rethinking the body's relationship to the world it inhabits.
Keith M. Brown
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748612987
- eISBN:
- 9780748653546
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748612987.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Scottish Studies
This chapter discusses Scottish nobility which exercised private justice. It notes that private jurisdiction was less common and less powerful in Sweden, Castile, northern Italy, and England, but ...
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This chapter discusses Scottish nobility which exercised private justice. It notes that private jurisdiction was less common and less powerful in Sweden, Castile, northern Italy, and England, but even in England the veneer of royal authority concealed the reality of huge fiefdoms dominated by a handful of magnate families like the earls of Derby in the northwest of the kingdom. It further notes that late medieval Scotland developed a system of courts and law that ultimately derived authority from the crown creating a pronounced legal culture that should not be underestimated. It further adds that another legacy of the late medieval era was that as a consequence of warfare, particularly in the fourteenth century, local government was largely in the hereditary hands of the nobility.Less
This chapter discusses Scottish nobility which exercised private justice. It notes that private jurisdiction was less common and less powerful in Sweden, Castile, northern Italy, and England, but even in England the veneer of royal authority concealed the reality of huge fiefdoms dominated by a handful of magnate families like the earls of Derby in the northwest of the kingdom. It further notes that late medieval Scotland developed a system of courts and law that ultimately derived authority from the crown creating a pronounced legal culture that should not be underestimated. It further adds that another legacy of the late medieval era was that as a consequence of warfare, particularly in the fourteenth century, local government was largely in the hereditary hands of the nobility.
Kathleen Deagan and Jose Maria Cruxent
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300090413
- eISBN:
- 9780300133912
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300090413.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Ancient History / Archaeology
This book presents detailed technical documentation of the authors' ten-year archaeological excavation of La Isabela, America's first colony. The artifacts and material remains of the town offer rich ...
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This book presents detailed technical documentation of the authors' ten-year archaeological excavation of La Isabela, America's first colony. The artifacts and material remains of the town offer rich material for comparative research into Euro-American cultural and material development during the crucial transition from the medieval era to the Renaissance. The period when La Isabela was in existence witnessed great innovation and change in many areas of technology. The archaeological evidence of La Isabela's architecture, weaponry, numismatics, pottery, and metallurgy can be precisely dated, helping to chart the sequence of this change and revealing much that is new about late medieval technology. The authors' archaeological research also provides a foundation for their insights into the reasons for the demise of La Isabela.Less
This book presents detailed technical documentation of the authors' ten-year archaeological excavation of La Isabela, America's first colony. The artifacts and material remains of the town offer rich material for comparative research into Euro-American cultural and material development during the crucial transition from the medieval era to the Renaissance. The period when La Isabela was in existence witnessed great innovation and change in many areas of technology. The archaeological evidence of La Isabela's architecture, weaponry, numismatics, pottery, and metallurgy can be precisely dated, helping to chart the sequence of this change and revealing much that is new about late medieval technology. The authors' archaeological research also provides a foundation for their insights into the reasons for the demise of La Isabela.
N. S. Hecht, B. S. Jackson, S. M. Passamaneck, Daniela Piattelli, and Alfredo Rabello (eds)
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198262626
- eISBN:
- 9780191682360
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198262626.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
Jewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing: the Talmud, Geonic, and later codifications; the Spanish Golden Age; medieval and modern ...
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Jewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing: the Talmud, Geonic, and later codifications; the Spanish Golden Age; medieval and modern response; the Holocaust; and modern reforms. Fifteen distinct periods are separately studied in this volume, each one by a leading specialist, and the emphasis throughout is on the development of the institutions and sources of the law, providing teachers with the essential background material from which a variety of sources, from many different perspectives, may be taught. Most of the chapters are written to a common plan, with treatment of the political background of the period and the nature of Jewish judicial autonomy, the character (literary and legal) of the sources, the legal practice of the period, its principal authorities, and examples of characteristic features of the substantive law (especially in family law).Less
Jewish law has a history stretching from the early period to the modern State of Israel, encompassing: the Talmud, Geonic, and later codifications; the Spanish Golden Age; medieval and modern response; the Holocaust; and modern reforms. Fifteen distinct periods are separately studied in this volume, each one by a leading specialist, and the emphasis throughout is on the development of the institutions and sources of the law, providing teachers with the essential background material from which a variety of sources, from many different perspectives, may be taught. Most of the chapters are written to a common plan, with treatment of the political background of the period and the nature of Jewish judicial autonomy, the character (literary and legal) of the sources, the legal practice of the period, its principal authorities, and examples of characteristic features of the substantive law (especially in family law).
Maaike van Berkel
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- December 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198809975
- eISBN:
- 9780191847226
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198809975.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, History of Ideas
The focus of this chapter is on the efforts that were made to tackle corruption in the Middle East between the ninth and the eleventh centuries. What it shows is that definitions of corruption and ...
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The focus of this chapter is on the efforts that were made to tackle corruption in the Middle East between the ninth and the eleventh centuries. What it shows is that definitions of corruption and anticorruption measures (petition and response procedures, administrative discharge procedures, audits of office and so forth) remained largely stable throughout Abbasid, Buyid and Seljuq rule. However, it also outlines how there was a gap between the anticorruption measures themselves and their enforcement—in other words, between prevention and punishment. In addition, it also shows how the perception of corruption as an urgent matter waxed and waned according to political circumstances.Less
The focus of this chapter is on the efforts that were made to tackle corruption in the Middle East between the ninth and the eleventh centuries. What it shows is that definitions of corruption and anticorruption measures (petition and response procedures, administrative discharge procedures, audits of office and so forth) remained largely stable throughout Abbasid, Buyid and Seljuq rule. However, it also outlines how there was a gap between the anticorruption measures themselves and their enforcement—in other words, between prevention and punishment. In addition, it also shows how the perception of corruption as an urgent matter waxed and waned according to political circumstances.
