-
Charles Peck Jr deposited Cathars – Historical Sketch of 11th to 12th century religion + Modern literalism Dualism w/ Karen Armstrong on literalism / : Metaphors, Massacres, Martyrs, and Mary Magdalene + excerpt of the “divine feminine” Nizam – ideal of love & Ibn Arabi in the group
Early Modern History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Cathars became a major movement, while having some influence in the Rhineland, Northern Italy and Northern France the movement was strongest in southern France (especially the Languedoc region) and northern Italy. By the 12th century the Cathar popular movement had gained a substantial following in urbanized southern France.
The dualistic…[Read more] -
Katrina Grant deposited Planting ‘Italian Gusto’ in ‘a Gothick country’: The influence of Filippo Juvarra on William Kent in the group
Early Modern History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAfter a lacklustre attempt to become a painter,William Kent (1685–1748) developed a career as a garden designer, working mainly for Lord Burlington and other patrons in his circle. His gardens represent some of the earliest gardens of a style that became known as the ‘English Landscape Garden’, exemplified by Stourhead in Wiltshire, Rousham in Ox…[Read more]
-
Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]
-
Luca Zenobi started the topic CfP: Listing the World before the Age of Print (IMC sessions, Leeds 2024) in the discussion
Renaissance/ Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoWe all have lists of things to do. We also have playlists, shopping lists and lists of pros and cons (not to mention lists of publications). Whether we make them on paper or with an app, lists are central to our lives. They help us make sense of the world around us, keep track of the order of things and sometimes create a whole new order…[Read more]
-
Ana Dumitran deposited Vision de Varnava. Înțăleptului Varnava minunată arătare a vederii lui cu pildă tuturor in the group
Early Modern History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoDu sage Varnava la merveilleuse apparition de sa vision avec exemple pour tous, cette traduction-recréation roumaine en vers du Dialogus du poète baroque hongrois Nyéki Vörös Mátyas, effectuée en Transylvanie en 1670, peut être considérée comme la première œuvre du pope Ioan de Vintz. Sur le plan européen, sa Vision de Varnava représente l…[Read more]
-
Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body in the group
Early Modern History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoPart of a special issue “Making Animal Materials in Time” (HSNS 53, no. 3)
- Load More
Open access, open source, open to all
