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1. The Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Mythology

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   This collection of applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. It also provides useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe

   A Book of Essays

   Edited by Melitta Weiss Adamson

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Expert food historians provide detailed histories of the creation and development of particular delicacies in six regions of medieval Europe-Britain, France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, and the Low Countries....

   Published June 1st 2012 by Routledge
3. Medieval Rhetoric

   A Casebook

   Edited by Scott D. Troyan

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Published September 17th 2004 by Routledge
4. Violence in Medieval Courtly Literature

   A Casebook

   By Albrecht Classen

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Although courtly literature is often associated with a chivalrous and idyllic life, the fifteen original essays in this collection demonstrate that the quest for love in the world of medieval courtly literature was underpinned by violence. Lovers were rejected, mistrust ruled, rape was a rampant...

   Published July 18th 2004 by Routledge
5. Christine de Pizan

   A Casebook

   Edited by Barbara K. Altmann, Deborah L. McGrady

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Christine de Pizan wrote voluminously, commenting on various aspects of the late-medieval society in which she lived. Considered by many to be the first French woman of letters, Christine and her writing have been difficult to place ever since she began putting her thoughts on the page. Although...

   Published December 25th 2002 by Routledge
6. The Italian Novella

   Edited by Gloria Allaire

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Published November 7th 2002 by Routledge
7. William Langland's Piers Plowman

   A Book of Essays

   Edited by Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Published March 19th 2001 by Routledge
8. Anna Komnene and Her Times

   Edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   This significant critical anthology explores the life of Anna Komnene, the Byzantine context in which she wrote, and the impact of the Alexiad on her times and on subsequent historical works of literature....

   Published May 16th 2000 by Routledge
9. Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages

   A Book of Essays

   Edited by Jan S. Emerson

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   Published January 31st 2000 by Routledge
10. Medieval Family Roles

    A Book of Essays

    Edited by Cathy Jorgensen Itnyre

    Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

    This colelction of twelve original essays by European and American scholars, offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage, children, and family ties....

    Published July 31st 1999 by Routledge