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- Ashkenazim, are Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the ... the tenth and nineteenth centuries. From medieval times until the mid-twentieth ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- pending action by another person. In literature, it often refers to some ... of God in the days of Noah." Medieval drama sometimes portrayed ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- began to attracted interest. During the medieval period, shakuhachi were ... Travel around medieval Japan was restricted by the shogunate, but ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 12:20, 27 January 2023
- == Averroes in Literature == Reflecting the respect which medieval European scholars paid to him ...19 KB (2,761 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- Library is one of the best libraries for medieval, modern, and contemporary ... collection, particularly rich in medieval manuscripts and prints. ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe. ... achievements. They include works of literature by such figures as Petrarch ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- The Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian that spread ... of Jerusalem" in Finnish). Literature detailing his exploits ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- " The laws are designed to protect literature and to separate the obscene ... *McDonald, Nicola. 2006. Medieval Obscenities. York Medieval Press ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- together with the theme of a group of medieval wanderers who set out to ... These were attempts to revive the genre of medieval romance, and not ...16 KB (2,355 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- Maimonides is typically regarded as the greatest of the medieval Jewish ... * Kellner, Menachem. Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought. Littman Library ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- In medieval symbolism, dragons were often symbolic of apostasy and ... The Medieval Church's interpretation of the Devil being associated ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- included among the Four Great Novels of Chinese literature. ... work resembles the chronicles of early Medieval Europe. The text is bland ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- Tamil literature refers to literature in the Tamil language. Tamil ... ==Medieval literature== The medieval period was the period of the Imperial ...33 KB (4,960 words) - 00:53, 21 April 2023
- him a place in the history of Russian literature, but he did gain a measure ... with the rationalism of Aristotle and medieval Catholic Doctors of the ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- Christians to lecture on "polite literature" in 362 C.E., whereupon ... Philosophers, 32. Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1952. cf. Victorinus ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Apsaras were also an important motif in the art of Champa, medieval Angkor's neighbor to the east along the coast of what is now central ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- and narrative perceived to be from the medieval period. The name "romantic ... == Visual art and literature == In visual art and literature, “Romanticism” ...25 KB (3,674 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- began to expand his knowledge of art, literature and ethics. In 1912 he ... During his teens and early twenties his works were mainly literature ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- Eastern art and literature were still seen as "exotic" and ... Africa and West Asia) can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- teaching Confucianism and Chinese literature among other things. Also ... The medieval Greek world had no autonomous and continuing institutions ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- an invaluable contribution to the literature and history of sixteenth ... in English, European, and classical literature. Throughout his life Raleigh ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:28, 3 May 2023
- The term medieval music encompasses European music written during ... The only medieval music which can be studied is that which was written ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- or Longinus,” an ascription by the medieval copyist that was misread ... treatise, since it is notable that no literature later than the first century ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 21:04, 3 November 2022
- the most perfect short novels in world literature." ... *Kristjánsson, Jonas. Eddas and Sagas. Iceland's Medieval Literature ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- Conquest of 1066. Almost all of the literature of this period was orally ... all of these texts can be fairly called literature, but those that can present ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Scholars believe the book reflects the cultural literature of the ... it regained popularity among Jews in the medieval period and remains widely ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. ... #039;s own familiarity with Norse medieval literature and culture (her father ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- Wilton, Matilda increased the quality of literature and culture at court. Her ... * Huneycutt, Lois L. Matilda of Scotland: A Study in Medieval Queenship ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- was an Islamic thinker from the early medieval period to whom is ascribed ... His books strongly influenced the medieval European alchemists and ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 08:37, 13 March 2024
- or Greek has been recovered; while the medieval translations that have survived—in ... except as it may have influenced the medieval Arabic and Latin texts that ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- The Zohar, a medieval work of Kabbalah, lays stress on the universal observance of the two days of Rosh Hashanah. It interprets two passages ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- Steven John Livesey, and Faith Wallis, Medieval Science, Technology, and ... called Zij were later written in medieval Islamic astronomy. ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- Centaurs have appeared many times and in many places in literature and popular fiction. One example is the Centaur Inn featured in Shakespeare ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- of the most substantial works of English literature to emerge from the fourteenth ... In genre it is usually considered a poem of consolation, a medieval ...27 KB (4,375 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- The Trilogy is the most revered work of literature in Poland. ... where he immersed himself in the literature and Old Polish. ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 08:01, 22 January 2024
- developed a great love for the Greek literature and mythology while studying ... in Honor Moderations (Greek and Latin Literature) in 1920, a First in Greats ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- differs greatly from the other Johannine literature, it is debated whether ... quot; Christian community which produced this literature. ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 17:09, 4 May 2024
- In medieval iconography, as in the stained glass images in cathedrals: ... first use of scrolls in the recording of literature before the codex or bound ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- greatest literary statement produced in medieval Europe. ... in the fifth century, like all medieval literature it is far removed ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- * Beresford, Andrew M. The Legend of Saint Agnes in Medieval Castilian Literature. Papers of the Medieval Hispanic Research Seminar, 59. London: ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Committing suicide ... represented as an enlightened patron of literature, and Rowley's dramatic ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- The battle saw the end of the medieval Serbian kingdom, and the start of more than four centuries of Ottoman rule. The medieval Serbian kingdom ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- *Humor: Fables are a didactic mode of literature; that is their primary ... The fable is one of the most enduring forms of folk literature, and ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods ... Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature. Harvard University Press ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- to rescind his decree against Jewish literature, but Reuchlin found himself ... humanist scholar and expert in Hebrew literature, Johann Reuchlin. To justify ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 07:19, 5 April 2024
- derived from the Anglo-French gobelin (medieval Latin gobelinus), which ... The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature (London: University of ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- work in the field of absurdist literature. Though the term absurd ... , was interested in music and literature. A precociously brilliant ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- ) is the oldest major work of French literature. It exists in various ... Perhaps drawing on oral traditions, medieval historians who worked ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- Many Indian intellectual traditions were codified during the medieval ... ] in Sanskrit philosophical literature, 'āstika' means ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- #Early and Heian Literature—Kojiki and past The Tale of Genji to 1185 ... reviver of the traditional Japanese literature, attempted to revive waka ...23 KB (3,429 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- early days of Islamic influence. Persian literature was instrumental in the ... from the Chinese, and also Chagatay Literature, converted to Islam and ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- #039; find mention in the Tamil Sangam literature as totemic worshipers of ... Brahmanic caste during early and later medieval times. Being native Kannadigas ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 21:31, 7 September 2023
- University, where he mastered Latin and literature, and continued to study ... who was lecturing on Greek language and literature at Florence. In 1462, Cosimo ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- In the medieval period, Maimonides held that every congregation was ... knowledge in Talmud, the early and late medieval commentators and Jewish ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- of the most well-known phrases of the literature of her era. It was quoted ... * Wilson, Katharina M. Medieval women writers. Athens, Ga. : Univ ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- folklore, whose story originates from medieval times but who remains significant ... have been merely a nick-name disguising a medieval bandit perhaps known to ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- Chola I ruled as notable emperors of the medieval Cholas. ... lasting legacy. Their patronage of Tamil literature and their zeal in building ...44 KB (6,505 words) - 17:15, 10 December 2023
- and writer of the Silver Age of Latin literature. During the times when ... them. Seneca’s works were read by Medieval scholars and his tragedies—with ...18 KB (2,996 words) - 09:45, 26 January 2023
- superlative examples of Indian literature. He built impressive cities ... of the finest pieces of poetry in Indian literature. Written in Sanskrit language ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 23:43, 2 December 2022
- *in a given kind of literature 3. Evaluating objective: to assist in ... are used in the House of Wisdom and other medieval Islamic libraries where ...14 KB (2,172 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- in the Talmud and works of rabbinic literature. It is included in the ... not be confused with another, different medieval work called The Alphabet ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- His long reign also witnessed the advent of Slavonic literature and ... * Fine, Jr., John V.A. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. A portion of the work ... attributed to Vatsayana, along with a medieval and modern commentary. ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- creatures" in historical literature). Examples of legendary creatures can be found in medieval bestiaries ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- some Shin scholars for his engagement in medieval politics and his alleged ... was particularly widespread in early medieval China, and in Japan at the ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- in Japanese folklore, art, theater, literature and religious mythology ... tales of the tengu are common in both literature and folk tales (described ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- chronicle in the history of Chinese literature). Therefore, from 109 B ... Sima Qian's Shiji is respected as a model of biographical literature ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- devote himself to commerce rather than literature, and so he became a banker ... Ages (1809-1818) described the cities of medieval Italy as the origin of the ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 17:18, 2 April 2024
- in 1791. Besides his enthusiasm for medieval architecture and trappings ... debate at the time about the function of literature, that is, whether or not ...13 KB (1,897 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- Entertainments or simply The Nights) is a medieval Middle Eastern literary ... cliffhanger seem broader than in modern literature. While in many cases a ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- as the greatest work of Japanese literature. It is also thought to ... the bridge: comparative essays on medieval European and Heian Japanese ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- cultural achievements in the areas of literature, art, and architecture ... ===The Medieval period=== With pilgrims traveling along the Via Francigena ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most ... Several different variants of the story appear in the medieval Middle ...20 KB (3,064 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- 1430) is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox ... life of Andrei Rublev, its depiction of medieval Russia is realistic. Tarkovsky ...14 KB (2,018 words) - 20:09, 26 July 2023
- play." These stage performances of medieval Europe were known as such ... imagery, notably the Holy Grail from Arthurian literature. ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- "The Meanings of Elf and Elves in Medieval England"] (Ph.D. dissertation ... origins was the influence from literature. In Elizabethan England ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- the growth of Kannada as a language of literature in the Jaina Puranas, Veerashaiva ... Kadamba Kula, A History of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka. (New Delhi: Asian ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- the diverse corpus of rabbinic non-legal literature. At the same time, since ... Controversies over halakhic issues lend rabbinic literature much of ...19 KB (2,783 words) - 16:56, 21 January 2024
- **Medieval & Renaissance horoscopic astrology **Modern Western ... astrology including Indian, Hellenistic, Medieval, and most other modern Western ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- exist. Since at least the 1960s, many medieval historians have included ... Generally, feudalism has been regarded as the fabric of medieval society ...38 KB (6,097 words) - 01:33, 21 July 2022
- the expressive and intense style of late medieval Central European art into ... and mystical spiritual traditions of the medieval northern European art, in ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- is conjecture. Of the Druids' oral literature (sacred songs, formulas ... In Irish literature, the Druids are frequently mentioned, and their ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- and bring back the masterpieces of Greek literature. After 1441, when the Residence ... schools. Anxious to provide a religious literature for sent them to Edessa ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- in the West is distinguished from Medieval philosophy, which was largely ... myth, religious beliefs, ethics, literature, cosmology, and theories ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- to works of a genre of Early Christian literature.Peter Stuhlmacher (ed. ... have survived, except indirectly in some medieval Gospel harmonies that can ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- The recorder was popular from medieval times but declined in the eighteenth ... on the depiction of various whistles in medieval paintings. To this day whistles ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- ancient Greco-Roman world, ancient and medieval China, and noted in the ... on similar theory found in later medieval Europe, as the historian ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- training in rhetoric and ancient literature. Family troubles disrupted ... which at the time was still very new to European literature. ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 22:15, 16 November 2022
- Anthropomorphism is frequently used as a device in art, literature ... pre-Christian Greek philosophy into the Medieval Christian world view by ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Nazis during World War II. Most of his literature addresses the cultural ... formative years in "the kitchen of literature" (his own expression ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- The first important works of Roman literature were the tragedies and ... Renaissance theater derived from several medieval theater traditions ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- Dagon has become a popular figure in recent literature, movies, and ... The medieval rabbinical sage Rashi records a tradition that the name ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- The Deccan sultanates refer to five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms– ... they left a rich legacy of architecture, literature, and art in the southern ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 09:00, 28 January 2024
- that their positions described in later literature were meant as rhetorical ... group within Judaism up until early medieval times, and they may have ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- that are unlike anything else in English literature. His poems are best understood ... In 1884 he became professor of Greek literature at University College Dublin ...14 KB (2,348 words) - 20:30, 13 December 2023
- described primarily in Jewish Rabbinical literature as well as non-canonical ... quot; portion of the Heikhalot literature make "Ishmael ben ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- 24 shall be a werewolf. Folklore and literature also depict a werewolf ... considered likely to be werewolves. The medieval chronicler Gervase of Tilbury ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- tradition, the work was at least known to medieval Jews, as Ramban attests ... *Suggs, M. “Wisdom of Solomon 2:10-5,” Journal of Biblical Literature ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 18:44, 20 November 2023
- in the West that had captured the medieval imagination was codified ... In the medieval romances, the lance with which Saint George slew the ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
