The eminent historian Patrick J. Geary has written a provocative book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel about the role of language and ideology in the study and history of the early Middle Ages. He includes a fascinating discussion of the rush by nationalist philologists to rediscover the medieval roots of their respective vernaculars, the rivalry...(展开全部)

The eminent historian Patrick J. Geary has written a provocative book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel about the role of language and ideology in the study and history of the early Middle Ages. He includes a fascinating discussion of the rush by nationalist philologists to rediscover the medieval roots of their respective vernaculars, the rivalry...(展开全部)

"Chen's work is a useful corrective and provides a nuanced perspective on China's history and culture in the first millennium C.E."—Peter B. Golden, Rutgers University In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significant...(展开全部)

"Chen's work is a useful corrective and provides a nuanced perspective on China's history and culture in the first millennium C.E."—Peter B. Golden, Rutgers University In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significant...(展开全部)

陳三平 獨立研究者。哥倫比亞大學博士，本業是專業統計學家，父親是酈學權威陳橋驛。業餘從事漢語音韻的訓詁學、伊朗學、突厥學等亞洲歷史文化研究，精通多種歐洲和中北亞語文，是中亞與北朝、隋唐交流史專家。曾獲英國皇家亞洲學會「Barwis Holliday研究獎」。另與梅維恆（Victor H. Mair）、Frances Wood共著有：Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization。同時，也是知名國際問題專家，以「于時語」為筆名，長年在多家華文媒體發表多篇國際政治評論。 譯者簡介 賴芊曄 政治大學歷史學系世界史組碩士，譯作有《朕乃女人：武則天．中國史上唯一女帝的傳奇一生》和《先知之後：伊斯蘭千年大分裂的起源》，以上由八旗文化出版。共譯有《晚清的媒體圖像與文化出版事業》（傳記文學出版）。

弗里兹•科恩（Fritz Kern，1884—1950），德国史学家，著有《中世纪早期的神圣王权与抵抗权》《中世纪的法律与宪法》《迄至1308年法国扩张政策的缘起》等。

In this volume, the Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco aims to present a learned summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture.

In this volume, the Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco aims to present a learned summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture.

Between 1100 and 1600, the emphasis on reason in the learning and intellectual life of Western Europe became more pervasive and widespread than ever before in the history of human civilization. Of crucial significance was the invention of the university around 1200, within which reason was institutionalized and where it became a deeply embedded, permanent feature of Western tho...(展开全部)

Preeminent medieval scholar, George Duby, argues that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and from feudalism - both bastions of masculinity - as he reveals the role of women, what they represent, and what they were in the Middle Ages. Written in Duby's characteristically nuanced and powerful style, this collection is an ideal entr e into Duby's th...(展开全部)