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The twelfth-century Renaissance : a reader /
"The twelfth century was an age of institutional expansion, intellectual creativity, and high adventure, characterized by patron-monarchs like King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, poets like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, lovers and intellectuals like Abelard and Heloise, and religi...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ;
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Table of Contents:
- Spiritual Renewal and the formation of theology
- Schools, scholars, and the liberal arts
- Polemical confrontations with Jews, Muslims, and heretics
- Establishing a new order : government and law
- Love and its discontents
- Experimentations in liturgical and secular poetry
- Art and architecture : theory and practice
- Historical writing and romance
- Medicine, science, and translation.