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Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, Merlin the historical' figure and his relation to medieval magic are less familiar. In this book Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores just who he was, and what he has meant to Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real-and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the 'long-lost' history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin's magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin's reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time.
Arthurian romances --- History and criticism. --- Geoffrey, --- Merlin --- Marzhin --- Meardon --- Merlí --- Merlijn --- Merlijn Ambrosius --- Merlim --- Merlin Ambrosius --- Merlino --- Merlino Ambrosio --- Merlin Caledonensis --- Merlin l'Enchanteur --- Merlins --- Merlinus --- Merlyn --- Merzhin --- Myrddin --- Myrddin Emrys --- Merlin (Legendary character)
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The practice of weather forecasting underwent a crucial transformation in the Middle Ages. Exploring how scientifically-based meteorology spread and flourished from c.700-c.1600, this study reveals the dramatic changes in forecasting and how the new science of 'astro-meteorology' developed. Both narrower and more practical in its approach than earlier forms of meteorology, this new science claimed to deliver weather forecasts for months and even years ahead, on the premise that weather is caused by the atmospheric effects of the planets and stars, and mediated by local and seasonal climatic conditions. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores how these forecasts were made and explains the growing practice of recording actual weather. These records were used to support forecasting practices, and their popularity grew from the fourteenth century onwards. Essential reading for anyone interested in medieval science, Medieval Meteorology demonstrates that the roots of scientific forecasting are much deeper than is usually recognized.
Meteorology --- Weather forecasting --- Forecasting, Weather --- Short range weather forecasting --- Weather --- Weather prediction --- Geophysical prediction --- Aerology --- Atmospheric science --- History --- Forecasting
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Book history --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1200-1499 --- Great Britain --- 091 <41> --- 091-055.2 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Vrouwen --- 091-055.2 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Vrouwen --- 091 <41> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- English literature --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- Women and literature --- Women in the book industries and trade --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Book industries and trade --- Literature --- English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts, Middle English --- Middle English manuscripts --- Women authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- History --- Women authors
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Essays offering a gendered approach to the study of the move from manuscript to early printed book show how much women were involved in the process. The transition from medieval manuscript to early printed book is currently a major topic of academic interest, but has received very little attention in terms of women's involvement, a gap which the essays in this volume address.They add female names to the list of authors who participated in the creation of English literature, and examine women's responses to authoritative and traditional texts in revealing detail. Taking its cue from the advances made by recent work on manuscript culture and book history, this volume also includes studies of material evidence, looking at women's participation in the making of books, and the traces they left when they encountered actual volumes.Finally, studies of women's roles in relation to apparently ephemeral texts, such as letters, pamphlets and almanacs, challenge traditional divisions between public and private spheres as well as between manuscript and print. Dr Anne Lawrence-Mathers is Lecturer in History, University of Reading; Phillipa Hardman is Senior Lecturer in English, University of Reading. Contributors: Gemma Allen, Anna Bayman, James Daybell, Alice Eardley, Christopher Hardman, Phillipa Hardman, Elizabeth Heale, Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Adam Smyth, Alison Wiggins, Graham Williams.
English literature --- Women and literature --- Women in the book industries and trade --- Manuscripts, English (Middle) --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- History. --- English manuscripts (Middle) --- Manuscripts, Middle English --- Middle English manuscripts --- Book industries and trade --- Literature
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Manuscripts, Medieval --- Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Books and reading --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Monastic libraries --- Scriptoria --- History --- Sources --- Northumbria (England : Region) --- Church history --- Intellectual life --- Sources. --- Manuscripts, Medieval - England - Northumbria (Region) --- Manuscripts, English (Old) - England - Northumbria (Region) --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - England - Northumbria (Region) --- Books and reading - England - Northumbria (Region) - History - To 1500 - Sources --- Monasticism and religious orders - England - Northumbria (Region) - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 - Sources --- Monastic libraries - England - Northumbria (Region) - History - To 1500 - Sources --- Scriptoria - England - Northumbria (Region) - History - Sources --- Northumbrie --- Culthbertus ep. Lindisfarn --- Ethelredus ab. Rievallensis --- Manuscrits --- Northumbria (England : Region) - History - Sources --- Northumbria (England : Region) - Church history - Sources --- Northumbria (England : Region) - Intellectual life - Sources
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