Handbook of Medieval culture: fundamental aspects and conditions of the European Middle Ages 1

A follow-up publication to the __Handbook of Medieval Studies__, this new reference work turns to a different focus: medieval culture. Medieval research has grown tremendously in depth and breadth over the last decades. Particularly our understanding of medieval culture, of the basic living conditions, and the specific value system prevalent at that time has considerably expanded, to a point where we are in danger of no longer seeing the proverbial forest for the trees. The present, innovative handbook offers compact articles on essential topics, ideals, specific knowledge, and concepts defining the medieval world as comprehensively as possible. The topics covered in this new handbook pertain to issues such as love and marriage, belief in God, hell, and the devil, education, lordship and servitude, Christianity versus Judaism and Islam, health, medicine, the rural world, the rise of the urban class, travel, roads and bridges, entertainment, games, and sport activities, numbers, measuring, the education system, the papacy, saints, the senses, death, and money. " Vol. 1. -- Medieval Culture: An Introduction To A New Handbook / Albrecht Classen -- Animals, Birds, And Fish In The Middle Ages / Christopher R. Clason -- Architecture / Charlotte A. Stanford --visual Arts / Frances Parton -- Astrology, Alchemy And Other Occult Sciences / Thomas Willard -- Astronomy / Romedio Schmitz-esser -- The Bible And Biblical Exegesis / Stephen Penn -- Children And Childhood In The Middle Ages / Daniel Pigg -- Chivalry And Knighthood / Ken Mondschein -- Church And The Clergy / Linda Rouillard -- Cities / Johannes Bernwieser -- Communication In The Middle Ages / Lia Ross -- Convivencia: Conquest And Coexistence In Medieval Spain / Mark T. Abate -- Medieval Courts And Aristocracy / Nadia Pawelchak -- Daily Life / Gerhard Jaritz --death / Hiram Kümper -- Dreams And Dream Theory / Jan Wehrle --dwarves, Trolls, Ogres, And Giants / Werner Schäfke -- Education And Schooling / David Sheffler -- Excrement And Waste / Gerhard Jaritz --fashion / Emily J. Rozier -- Fairy, Elves And The Enchanted Otherworld / Jean N. Goodrich -- Feudalism In Literature And Society / Scott L. Taylor -- Food And Cookbooks / Sarah Gordon -- Foreigners And Fear / Charles W. Connell -- The Forest, The River, The Mountain, The Field, And The Meadow / Marilyn Sandidge -- Friendship In The Middle Ages / John M. Hill -- Games And Pastimes / Paul Milliman -- God / Hans-werner Goetz -- The Greek Orthodox Church / Kriszta Kotsis -- Hell, Purgatory, And Heaven / Eileen Gardiner -- Horses And Equitation / Cynthia Jenéy. Vol. 2. -- Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, And Fishing / Jacqueline Stuhmiller -- Illness And Death / Charlotte A. Stanford -- Islamic Spain: Al-andalus And The Three Cultures / Mark T. Abate -- Jewish Culture And Literature In England / Miriamne Ara Krummel -- Languages / Oliver M. Traxel -- Law In Literature And Society / Scott L. Taylor -- Literature / Christian Bratu -- Love, Sex, And Marriage / Albrecht Classen -- Magic And Divination / Christa Agnes Tuczay -- Medicine / Alain Touwaide -- Medieval Manuscripts / Scott Gwara -- Memory, Recollection, And Forgetting / Kisha G. Tracy -- Medieval Merchants / Jeroen Puttevils -- History Of Medieval Metrology / Werner Heinz -- Millenarianism/millennialism, Eschatology, Apocalypticism, Utopianism / Richard Landes -- Western Monasticism / Ralf Lützelschwab -- Money, Banking, Economy / Philipp Robinson Rössner -- Monsters /mary Kate Hurley -- Conceptualizing And Experiencing Music In The Middle Ages (ca. 500-1500) / Karl Kügle -- Numbers / Moritz Wedell -- Numismatics / Rory Naismith -- Old Age / Sarah M. Anderson -- The Papacy And The Pan-european Culture / John A. Dempsey -- Patrons, Arts, And Audiences / Cristian Bratu -- Poverty / Francis G. Gentry -- Public Opinion And Popular Culture / Charles W. Connell -- Religious Conflict / John Sewell -- Revolt And Revolution / Michael Sizer. Vol. 3. -- Roads, Streets, Bridges, And Travelers / Albrecht Classen -- The Rural World And The Peasants / Daniel F. Pigg -- Saints And Relics / Christina Clever -- The Senses, The Medieval Sensorium, And Sensing (in) The Middle Ages / Richard G. Newhauser -- The Sermon In The Middle Ages / Charles W. Connell -- Ships And Seafaring / Timothy Runyan -- Threats, Dangers, And Catastrophes / Ben Snook -- Time And Timekeeping / Ken Mondschein And Denis Casey -- Travel And Exploration In The Middle Ages / Romedio Schmitz-esser -- The Medieval University / Graeme Dunphy -- War And Peace / Ben Snook -- Weapons, Warfare, Siege Machinery, And Training In Arms / Ken Mondschein -- Witchcraft And Superstition / Christa Agnes Tuczay. Edited By Albrecht Classen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.