Intro -- Contents -- Medieval Culture-An Introduction to a New Handbook -- Animals, Birds, and Fish in the Middle Ages -- Architecture -- Visual Arts -- Astrology, Alchemy and other Occult Sciences -- Astronomy -- The Bible and Biblical Exegesis -- Children and Childhood in the Middle Ages -- Chivalry and Knighthood -- Church and the Clergy -- Cities -- Communication in the Middle Ages -- Convivencia: Conquest and Coexistence in Medieval Spain -- Medieval Courts and Aristocracy -- Daily Life -- Death -- Dreams and Dream Theory -- Dwarves, Trolls, Ogres, and Giants -- Education and Schooling -- Excrement and Waste -- Fashion -- Fairy, Elves and the Enchanted Otherworld -- Feudalism in Literature and Society -- Food and Cookbooks -- Foreigners and Fear -- The Forest, the River, the Mountain, the Field, and the Meadow -- Friendship in the Middle Ages -- Games and Pastimes -- God -- The Greek Orthodox Church -- Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven -- Horses and Equitation.

Thanks to extensive research, our understanding of medieval culture has virtually exploded over the last decades. Medieval society embraced a complex set of values that must be discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective. This new handbook offers articles on central topics defining the medieval world and culture. The topics covered are, for example, love and marriage, transportation, medicine, Church and religions, literature, and the arts.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.