Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 40: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture: New Series (Volume 40) (Medievalia et Humanistica Series, 40)

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international board of distinguished scholars and critics, has published interdisciplinary articles. In yearly hardcover volumes, the new series publishes significant scholarship, criticism, and reviews treating all facets of medieval and Renaissance culture: history, art, literature, music, science, law, economics, and philosophy. Volume 40 showcases the interdisciplinary nature of the series with five articles on topics such as the image of Jews in Christian medieval literature, Trojan legends in Dante, and thirteenth-century French love poetry. Volume 40 also includes eight review notices that illustrate the volume’s interdisciplinary scope. Contents Editorial Note Manuscript Submission Guidelines Articles for Future Volumes India Perceived through the Eyes of Sixteenth-Century Readers: Ludovico de Varthema’s Bestseller on the Early Modern Book Markets—A Narrative Landmark of the Emerging Positive Evaluation of curiositas (Together with a Study of Balthasar Sprenger’s Travelogue on India) The Image of Judaism in Nicholas of Cusa’s Writings Some Remarks on the Hymn to Light of Dracontius (Laudes Dei 1,115–28) “Even Children and the Uneducated Know Them”: The Medieval Trojan Legends in Dante’s Commedia The Art of Clerkly Love: Drouart la Vache Translates Andreas Capellanus Review Notices Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Volume 40 showcases a broad range of medieval scholarship, including six original articles and eight review notices.